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Noun

fibra f ‎(plural fibres)

1. fiber, fibre

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fibra.

Noun

fibra f ‎(plural fibre)

1. fiber, fibre

Related terms

Anagrams

• fabri

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‎(“to split”), whence findō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.bra/, [ˈfɪ.bra]

Noun

fibra f ‎(genitive fibrae); first declension

1. fiber, filament

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• fibra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fibra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fibra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• fiber in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Portuguese

Noun

fibra f (plural fibras)

1. fibre (single elongated piece of material)

Spanish

Noun

fibra f ‎(plural fibras)

1. fiber
2. (informal) fiberglass

Derived terms

• fibra de vidrio