fimbria

English

Illustration of fimbrial end of the fallopian tube.

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

fimbria (plural fimbriae or fimbriæ)

1. (anatomy) Any anatomical structure in the form of a fringe, but especially that around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
2. (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

• (bacteriology): pilus

Translations

bacteriology: pilus

• Finnish: värekarva (fi)

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Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin and Vulgar Latin. From fimbriae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfim.bri.a/, [ˈfɪm.bri.a]

Noun

fimbria f (genitive fimbriae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) fringe, border, edge

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fimbria	fimbriae
genitive	fimbriae	fimbriārum
dative	fimbriae	fimbriīs
accusative	fimbriam	fimbriās
ablative	fimbriā	fimbriīs
vocative	fimbria	fimbriae

Derived terms

• fimbriātus

Descendants

• 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

• fimbria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fimbria” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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