"fibre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: EN-AU ck1 fibre.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fibre.wav [US] Forms: fibres [plural], spellings [New-Zealand, South-Africa]
Rhymes: -aɪbə(ɹ) Etymology: From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|fibre|}} French fibre, {{uder|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{uder|en|la|fibra}} Latin fibra Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fibre (countable and uncountable, plural fibres)
  1. (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, countable Translations (single elongated piece of material): vesel (Afrikaans), আঁহ (ãh) (Assamese), сүс (süs) (Bashkir), нишка (niška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), фибра (fibra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fibra [feminine] (Catalan), 纖維 (Chinese Mandarin), 纤维 (xiānwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), vlákno [neuter] (Czech), fiber [common-gender] (Danish), vezel [feminine] (Dutch), kiud (Estonian), kuitu (Finnish), säie (Finnish), fibre [feminine] (French), ბოჭკო (boč̣ḳo) (Georgian), Faser [feminine] (German), סִיב (siv) [masculine] (Hebrew), rostszál (Hungarian), fonál (Hungarian), fibro (Ido), serat (Indonesian), fibra [feminine] (Italian), 繊維 (sen'i) (alt: せんい) (Japanese), талшық (talşyq) (Kazakh), fibra [feminine] (Latin), вла́кно (vlákno) [neuter] (Macedonian), serat (Malay), നാര് (nārŭ) (Malayalam), kaka (Maori), weu (Maori), rîşal (Northern Kurdish), fiber [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fiber [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ایپلك (iplik) (Ottoman Turkish), فیبر (fibr) (Persian), الیاف (alyâf) (Persian), włókno [neuter] (Polish), fibra [feminine] (Portuguese), ch'awar (Quechua), paqpa (Quechua), fibră [feminine] (Romanian), волокно́ (voloknó) [neuter] (Russian), волосо́к (volosók) [masculine] (Russian), фи́бра (fíbra) [feminine] (Russian), нить (nitʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fiber [common-gender] (Swedish), hibla (Tagalog), himaymay (Tagalog), lif (Turkish), волокно́ (voloknó) [neuter] (Ukrainian), фі́бра (fíbra) (english: organic) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sợi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fibre-en-noun-en:single_elongated_piece_of_material Disambiguation of 'single elongated piece of material': 64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6
  2. (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, uncountable Translations (material in the form of fibres): draad (Afrikaans), сүс (süs) (Bashkir), влакно (vlakno) [neuter] (Bulgarian), draad [masculine] (Dutch), kuitu (Finnish), väärys (Ingrian), fibra [feminine] (Italian), вла́кно (vlákno) [neuter] (Macedonian), فیبر (fibr) (Persian), fibra [feminine] (Portuguese), волокно́ (voloknó) [neuter] (Russian), волокно́ (voloknó) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fibre-en-noun-en:material_in_the_form_of_fibres Disambiguation of 'material in the form of fibres': 7 76 7 0 4 3 1 2
  3. Dietary fibre. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fibre-en-noun-OmoB20vq Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, New Zealand English, South African English Disambiguation of Australian English: 8 6 56 3 7 14 3 3 Disambiguation of British English: 16 5 33 9 12 11 7 7 Disambiguation of Canadian English: 20 4 36 9 12 8 6 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 40 3 9 18 7 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 11 6 36 6 11 16 8 6 Disambiguation of New Zealand English: 7 6 58 3 6 14 3 3 Disambiguation of South African English: 7 5 54 4 6 13 6 4
  4. Moral strength and resolve. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Translations (moral strength and reserve): характер (harakter) [masculine] (Bulgarian), moraal [neuter] (Dutch), suoraselkäisyys (Finnish), természet (Hungarian), jellem (Hungarian), fibra [feminine] (Italian), fibra [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-fibre-en-noun-chhHiuhT Disambiguation of 'moral strength and reserve': 3 0 3 84 4 2 2 2
  5. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map): säie (Finnish), Faser [feminine] (German), fibra [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-fibre-en-noun-U~6IS0bC Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map': 33 2 6 2 50 3 2 2
  6. (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Category theory
  7. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-fibre-en-noun-LjZsgy~S Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  8. (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cytology Translations (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue): لِيف (līf) [masculine] (Arabic), syy (Finnish), fibre (French), Faser [feminine] (German), fibra (Italian), masûlkerîşal (Northern Kurdish), fibra (Portuguese), волокно́ (voloknó) [neuter] (Russian), fibra (Spanish), волокно́ (voloknó) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fibre-en-noun-MV02HXS0 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'long tubular cell found in bodily tissue': 3 2 1 2 3 2 2 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fiber [US] Related terms: fibril, fibro-, fibroid, fibrosis, fibrositis

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "纖維"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "kuitu"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "säie"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fibre"
        },
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          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "boč̣ḳo",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "ბოჭკო"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Faser"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "siv",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "סִיב"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "rostszál"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "fonál"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "fibro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "serat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fibra"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "せんい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sen'i",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "繊維"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "talşyq",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "талшық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "rîşal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fibra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vlákno",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "вла́кно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "serat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "nārŭ",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "നാര്"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "kaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "weu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fiber"
        },
        {
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fiber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "iplik",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "ایپلك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "fibr",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "فیبر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "alyâf",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "الیاف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "włókno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fibra"
        },
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          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "ch'awar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "paqpa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fibră"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "voloknó",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "волокно́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "volosók",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "волосо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fíbra",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "фи́бра"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nitʹ",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fiber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 15 1 4 7 2 2 6",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
          "word": "hibla"
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        "A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread."
      ],
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        [
          "elongate",
          "elongate"
        ],
        [
          "twist",
          "twist"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ]
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        "(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread."
      ],
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        "en:single elongated piece of material"
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Material in the form of fibres."
      ],
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        "(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:material in the form of fibres"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Dietary fibre."
      ],
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        [
          "Dietary fibre",
          "dietary fibre"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim",
          "text": "He was gentlemanly, steady, tractable, with a thorough knowledge of his duties; and in time, when yet very young, he became chief mate of a fine ship, without ever having been tested by those events of the sea that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret truth of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Moral strength and resolve."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resolve",
          "resolve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π"
        }
      ],
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        "The preimage of a given point in the range of a map."
      ],
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        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "preimage",
          "preimage"
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        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
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          "map"
        ]
      ],
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        "(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Category theory"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "category theory",
          "category theory"
        ],
        [
          "pullback",
          "pullback"
        ],
        [
          "morphism",
          "morphism"
        ],
        [
          "global element",
          "global element"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "category-theory",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of lightweight thread of execution."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "lightweight",
          "lightweight"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ],
        [
          "execution",
          "execution"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cytology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cytology",
          "cytology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "cytology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪbə(ɹ)"
    },
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        "Australia"
      ],
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    },
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "vesel"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "ãh",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "আঁহ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "süs",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "сүс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "niška",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нишка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fibra",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фибра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "纖維"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānwéi",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "纤维"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vlákno"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fiber"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vezel"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "kiud"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "kuitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "säie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "boč̣ḳo",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "ბოჭკო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Faser"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "siv",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סִיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "rostszál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "fonál"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "fibro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "serat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sen'i",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "繊維"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "talşyq",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "талшық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "rîşal"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vlákno",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вла́кно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "serat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nārŭ",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "നാര്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "kaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "weu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiber"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiber"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "iplik",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "ایپلك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fibr",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "فیبر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "alyâf",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "الیاف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "włókno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "ch'awar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "paqpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voloknó",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "волокно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volosók",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "волосо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fíbra",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́бра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nitʹ",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fiber"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "hibla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "himaymay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "lif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "voloknó",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "волокно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "organic",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fíbra",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фі́бра"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "single elongated piece of material",
      "word": "sợi"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "word": "draad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "süs",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "word": "сүс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vlakno",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "влакно"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "draad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "word": "kuitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "word": "väärys"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vlákno",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вла́кно"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fibr",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "word": "فیبر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voloknó",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "волокно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "voloknó",
      "sense": "material in the form of fibres",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "волокно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "harakter",
      "sense": "moral strength and reserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "характер"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "moral strength and reserve",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moraal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "moral strength and reserve",
      "word": "suoraselkäisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "moral strength and reserve",
      "word": "természet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "moral strength and reserve",
      "word": "jellem"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "moral strength and reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "moral strength and reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map",
      "word": "säie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Faser"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "līf",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لِيف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "word": "syy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "word": "fibre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Faser"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "word": "masûlkerîşal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voloknó",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "волокно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "word": "fibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "voloknó",
      "sense": "long tubular cell found in bodily tissue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "волокно́"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fibre"
  ],
  "word": "fibre"
}

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