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Webster 1913 Edition
Fibril
Fi′bril
,Noun.
[F.
fibrille
, dim. of fibre
, L. fibra
.] A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
Cheyne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fibril
FI'BRIL
,Noun.
Definition 2025
fibril
fibril
English
Noun
fibril (plural fibrils)
- A fine fibre or filament
- (biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants
Derived terms
Translations
Irish
Etymology
From New Latin fibrilla, a diminutive of Latin fibra (“fibre, filament”).
Noun
fibril f (genitive singular fibrile)
Declension
Declension of fibril
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- dífhibriliú
- dífhibrileoir
- néaraifibril
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fibril | fhibril | bhfibril |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||