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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFibrille
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fiˈbrɪlə
"Die Fibrille ist ein winziger, Fadenförmiger Bestandteil der Zelle."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fine fiber or thread-like structure, such as those found within muscle cells or connective tissue.
"Under the electron microscope, each muscle fiber was seen to consist of hundreds of smaller myofibrils." - 2
A minute filament forming part of a larger natural fiber, such as cellulose in plants.
"The mechanical strength of the plant cell wall depends largely on the arrangement of cellulose fibrils."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Modern Latin 'fibrilla', which is a diminutive of the Latin 'fibra' meaning fiber or filament. It entered English in the early 19th century through scientific nomenclature to describe minute, thread-like structural components in biological tissues.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fibril" is said worldwide
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fibrille
Transliteration: fi.bʁil
"Chaque fibre musculaire contient de nombreuses myofibrilles."
Fibrille
Transliteration: fiˈbrɪlə
"Die Fibrille ist ein winziger, Fadenförmiger Bestandteil der Zelle."
fibrilla
Transliteration: fiˈbril.la
"La fibrilla di collagene conferisce resistenza al tessuto connettivo."
fibrilla
Transliteration: fiˈβɾi.ʎa
"Las fibrillas musculares son esenciales para la contracción."
fibrila
Transliteration: fiˈbɾi.lɐ
"Cada fibra é composta por várias fibrilas menores."
तंतुिका
Transliteration: tantuika
"पेशी तंतु कई छोटी तंतुिकाओं से बने होते हैं।"
原纤维
Transliteration: yuán xiān wéi
"胶原蛋白由许多微小的原纤维组成。"
미세섬유
Transliteration: mise-seom-yu
"근육 세포는 수많은 미세섬유로 이루어져 있습니다."
原繊維
Transliteration: gensei-i
"筋原繊維は筋肉の収縮において重要な役割を果たします。"
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