fíbula
See also: fibula and fibulă
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle”). Compare the inherited doublet sivella.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfi.bu.lə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfi.bu.la/
Noun
fíbula f (plural fíbules)
- (anatomy) fibula
Synonyms
- peroné
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle”). Compare the inherited doublet fivela.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfi.bu.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfi.bu.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfi.bu.lɐ/ [ˈfi.βu.lɐ]
Noun
fíbula f (plural fíbulas)
- (anatomy) fibula
- Synonym: (dated) perónio
Hypernyms
- osso
Related terms
- canela
- fivela
- tíbia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle”). Compare the inherited doublet hebilla.
Noun
fíbula f (plural fíbulas)
- fibula (ancient kind of brooch)
- (uncommon) fibula (bone)
- Synonym: peroné
- (mycology) clamp connection
Further reading
- “fíbula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014