fibre

== English == === Alternative forms === fiber (US) === Etymology === From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -aɪbə(ɹ) Hyphenation: fi‧bre === Noun === fibre (countable and uncountable, plural fibres) (British, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa spellings) (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres. Dietary fibre. Moral strength and resolve. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map. (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution. (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue. Hyponyms: axon, myocyte, muscle fibre, nerve fibre ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === FBIer, brief, fiber == Danish == === Noun === fibre c pl indefinite plural of fiber == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French fibre, borrowed from Latin fibra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fibʁ/ === Noun === fibre f (plural fibres) fibre ==== Derived terms ==== fibre de carbone fibre de verre fibre optique ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Persian: فیبر (fibr) === Further reading === “fibre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfi.bre/ Rhymes: -ibre Hyphenation: fì‧bre === Noun === fibre f pl plural of fibra == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === fibere fibrer === Noun === fibre m pl indefinite plural of fiber == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfibre] === Noun === fibre f inflection of fibră: indefinite plural indefinite genitive/dative singular