fibrillate

English

Etymology

From fibrilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌɪbrɪleɪt/, /ˈfɪbrɪleɪt/

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Verb

fibrillate (third-person singular simple present fibrillates, present participle fibrillating, simple past and past participle fibrillated)

1. (intransitive) To make rapid irregular movements.

Derived terms

• defibrillate

Translations

to make rapid irregular movements

Bulgarian: треперя неконтролируемо (treperja nekontroliruemo) Finnish: väristä (fi) German: fibrillieren Hungarian: fibrillál Romanian: fibrila (ro)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

fibrillate

1. inflection of fibrillare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

fibrillate f pl

1. feminine plural of fibrillato

Anagrams

• feltrabili, filtrabile