fibrous

English

Etymology

From fibre +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪbɹəs/

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• Hyphenation: fi‧brous

Adjective

fibrous (comparative more fibrous, superlative most fibrous)

1. Of or pertaining to fibre.
2. Containing many fibres - referring mainly to food.
3. Having the shape of fibres.

Derived terms

• fibrous dysplasia
• fibrously
• fibrousness
• interfibrous
• macrofibrous
• microfibrous
• mucofibrous
• myofibrous
• myxofibrous
• nonfibrous
• osteofibrous
• subfibrous
• unfibrous

Translations

of or pertaining to fibre

Afrikaans: veselrig Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: влакнест (bg) (vlaknest), нишковиден (bg) (niškoviden) Catalan: fibrós Czech: vláknitý Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: fibreus (nl), vezelig (nl) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kuitu- French: fibreux (fr) Galician: fibroso (gl) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: fibroso (it) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: rîşalî (ku) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: влакнест (vlaknest) Maori: akaaka Polish: błonnikowy (dietary), włóknisty (pl), żylasty Romanian: fibros (ro) Russian: волокни́стый (ru) (voloknístyj) Spanish: fibroso (es) Swedish: fibrös (sv)

containing many fibres — see also stringy

Finnish: runsaskuituinen (fi) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: rîşalî (ku) Maori: kākoa