fibrous

English

Etymology

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

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 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

• Finnish: runsaskuituinen (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rîşalî (ku)

• Maori: kākoa