fimbria
English
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Etymology
Noun
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
- (bacteriology): pilus
Translations
anatomy: structure in the form of a fringe
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bacteriology: pilus
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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
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | fimbria | fimbriae |
Genitive | fimbriae | fimbriārum |
Dative | fimbriae | fimbriīs |
Accusative | fimbriam | fimbriās |
Ablative | fimbriā | fimbriīs |
Vocative | fimbria | fimbriae |
Derived terms
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
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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
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fimbria f (plural fimbrias)
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