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