fibril
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra.[1] Doublet of fibrilla. Compare fibre.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /faɪbɹ(ə)l/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
fibril (plural fibrils)
- A fine fibre or filament.
- (biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants
References[edit]
- ^ “fibril, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
fibril (first-person possessive fibrilku, second-person possessive fibrilmu, third-person possessive fibrilnya)
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin fibrilla, a diminutive of Latin fibra (“fibre, filament”).
Noun[edit]
fibril f (genitive singular fibrile, nominative plural fibrilí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fibril
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- dífhibriliú (“defibrillation”)
- dífhibrileoir (“defibrillator”)
- néaraifibril
Mutation[edit]
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. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fibril”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “fibril”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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