fimbria

English

Illustration of fimbrial end of the fallopian tube.

Etymology

From Latin fimbria.

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

anatomy: structure in the form of a fringe

• Portuguese: fímbria (pt) f
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• Spanish: fimbria f

bacteriology: pilus

• Finnish: värekarva (fi)
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Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin and Vulgar Latin. From fimbriae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfim.bri.a/, [ˈfɪmbriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfim.bri.a/, [ˈfimbriä]

Noun

fimbria f (genitive fimbriae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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-, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

References

• “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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fimbria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimbɾja/ [ˈfĩm.bɾja]

Noun

fimbria f (plural fimbrias)

1. (anatomy) fimbria (structure in the form of a fringe)

Further reading

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