fimbria
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin
Noun[edit]
fimbria (plural fimbriae or fimbriæ)
- (anatomy) Any anatomical structure in the form of a fringe, but especially that around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
- (bacteriology) hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.
Synonyms[edit]
- (bacteriology): pilus
Translations[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Found in Late Latin and Vulgar Latin. From fimbriae.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fimbria f (genitive fimbriae); first declension
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | fimbria | fimbriae |
genitive | fimbriae | fimbriārum |
dative | fimbriae | fimbriīs |
accusative | fimbriam | fimbriās |
ablative | fimbriā | fimbriīs |
vocative | fimbria | fimbriae |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: fímbria, franja
- English: fimbria, fringe
- French: fimbrié, frange
- Italian: frangia
- Occitan: fimbria, franja, fremnha
- Old French: frenge, fiembre, fimbre, felimbre
- Portuguese: franja, fímbria
- Romanian: frânghie
- Spanish: fimbria
- Translingual: fimbri-, Fimbria, Fimbrios, Fimbriaria, Fimbriaglomerella, Fimbriaphis, Fimbriapora, Fimbriasacculus, Fimbriatella, Fimbriatus, Fimbriceps, Fimbriclupea, Fimbricyclops, Fimbriella, Fimbrilla, Fimbrilytoceras, Fimbrinares, Fimbrinia, Fimbriola, Fimbriopaussus, Fimbrispara, Fimbriosotis, Fimbriotaenia, Fimbriothyris, Fimbriotorpedo, Fimbrispirifer, Fimbristylis, Fimbritubichnus, Fimbrivasum
References[edit]
- fimbria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fimbria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- fimbria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fimbria in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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