fibula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle, clasp, pin”). The bone is so named because the shape it makes with the tibia resembles a clasp, the fibula being the pin. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪb.jʊl.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪb.jəl.ə/ Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə === Noun === fibula (plural fibulae or fibulas or (obsolete) fibulæ) An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin. (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg. Synonym: calf bone ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fibularis ==== Translations ==== === See also === peroneal === References === “fibula”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “fibula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fībula. Doublet of the inherited fibbia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfi.bu.la/ Rhymes: -ibula Hyphenation: fì‧bu‧la === Noun === fibula f (plural fibule) (anatomy) fibula, calf bone Synonym: perone === Further reading === fibula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === bufali == Latin == === Etymology === Syncopic form of *fīvibula, from fīvō (“to fix, fasten, thrust in”, archaic form of fīgō) +‎ -bula (instrumental nominal suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.bʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.bu.la] === Noun === fībula f (genitive fībulae); first declension (literal) clasp, buckle, brooch, pin, latchet, brace (transferred sense) connection, bond, fetter (surgery) surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound stitching needle drawn through the prepuce ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1564: “la cintura; la fibbia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*fibella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 489 “fibula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fibula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fibula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fibula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “fibula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “fibula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fiˈbula] === Noun === fibula f definite nominative/accusative singular of fibulă == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fibula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fîbula/ Hyphenation: fi‧bu‧la === Noun === fȉbula f (Cyrillic spelling фи̏була) (anatomy) fibula, calf bone ==== Declension ====