fibra

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fibra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfi.βɾə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfi.bɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈfi.bɾa] === Noun === fibra f (plural fibres) fiber, fibre (all senses) (materials science) axis (figurative) energy, vigour ==== Synonyms ==== (filament): filament (thread): fil (axis): eix (vigour): energia, vigor ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fibril·la === References === === Further reading === “fibra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “fibra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “fibra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Italian == === Etymology === Derived from Latin fibra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfi.bra/ Rhymes: -ibra Hyphenation: fì‧bra === Noun === fibra f (plural fibre) fiber, fibre (all senses) ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === fabri == Latin == === Etymology === Possibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), whence findō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɪ.bra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.bra] === Noun === fibra f (genitive fibrae); first declension fibre, filament (transferred sense, poetic) entrails ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== 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 “fibra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fiber”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet fêvera. === Pronunciation === === Noun === fibra f (plural fibras) fiber / fibre (single elongated piece of material) ==== Related terms ==== fibroso === Further reading === “fibra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fibra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfibra] === Noun === fibra f definite nominative/accusative singular of fibră == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet hebra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfibɾa/ [ˈfi.β̞ɾa] Rhymes: -ibɾa Syllabification: fi‧bra === Noun === fibra f (plural fibras) fiber / fibre (a single elongated piece of material) fiber / fibre (a material (especially synthetic) in the form of fibers) fiber / fibre; dietary fiber / dietary fibre (informal) fiberglass / fibreglass ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fibra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025