adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to fibre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fibrous
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: F AY1 B R AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Containing many fibres - referring mainly to food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having the shape of fibres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sinewy, stringy, unchewable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hempen
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fibre Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English fibrous From fibre + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: veselrig — of or pertaining to fibre
- Bulgarian: влакнест (vlaknest) — of or pertaining to fibre
- Bulgarian: нишковиден (niškoviden) — of or pertaining to fibre
- Catalan: fibrós — of or pertaining to fibre
- Czech: vláknitý — of or pertaining to fibre
- Dutch: fibreus — of or pertaining to fibre
- Dutch: vezelig — of or pertaining to fibre
- Finnish: kuitu- — of or pertaining to fibre
- French: fibreux — of or pertaining to fibre
- Galician: fibroso — of or pertaining to fibre
- Italian: fibroso — of or pertaining to fibre
- Northern Kurdish: rîşalî — of or pertaining to fibre
- Macedonian: влакнест (vlaknest) — of or pertaining to fibre
- Māori: akaaka — of or pertaining to fibre
- Polish: błonnikowy — of or pertaining to fibre
- Polish: włóknisty — of or pertaining to fibre
- Polish: żylasty — of or pertaining to fibre
- Romanian: fibros — of or pertaining to fibre
- Russian: волокни́стый (voloknístyj) — of or pertaining to fibre
- Spanish: fibroso — of or pertaining to fibre
- Swedish: fibrös — of or pertaining to fibre
- Finnish: runsaskuituinen — containing many fibres
- Northern Kurdish: rîşalî — containing many fibres
- Māori: kākoa — containing many fibres