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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

fibre artificielle

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fivʁ aʁ.ti.fja.sjɛl/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Artificial fiber/ˌɑːr.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl ˈfaɪ.bər/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Cette veste est fabriquée en fibre artificielle."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A thread or filament produced through industrial and chemical manufacturing processes rather than occurring naturally in plants or animals.

    "Many modern athletic garments are woven using durable artificial fiber to wick moisture away from the skin."
  2. 2

    A synthetic or regenerated material used extensively in textiles, ropes, and composite construction.

    "Engineers reinforced the concrete structure using an advanced artificial fiber for enhanced tensile strength."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'artificial', derived from Latin 'artificiosus' (pertaining to art or craft), and 'fiber', from Latin 'fibra' (a filament or thread). Emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the advent of industrial chemistry, the phrase describes man-made textile filaments created by synthesizing polymers.

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