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Fibonacci

/fiːbə(ʊ)ˈnɑːtʃi/

Fibonacci proper noun: a surname from Italian.

Proper noun

Fibonacci

  1. A surname from Italian.
    • The Italian mathematician Leonardo Bonacci, who was called Fibonacci, introduced the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe.

Adjective

Fibonacci (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Fibonacci sequence.
    • An interesting connection between Fibonacci numbers and matrices, introduced in [4], is given by the matrix Q = [1 1; 1 0] , known as Fibonacci Q-matrix [7] or Fibonacci’s matrix [11], such that […]2019 June 24, Juan Triana, “Negafibonacci Numbers via Matrices”, in Bulletin of TICMI, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2019, Introduction, page 1

Fibonacci meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

Fibonacci in Tamil

ஃபிபனாச்சி

Fibonacci in Arabic

surname
فِيبُونَاتْشِي fībūnātšī

Fibonacci in Persian

surname
فیبوناتچی fi:bu:nɒ:tt͡ʃi:

Origin of Fibonacci

From Latin filius (“son”) + Italian Bonacci, a diminutive of Bono, from Latin bonum, ultimately meaning literally, "son of the (little) good man."

Words formed from Fibonacci

Phrases with Fibonacci

Questions about Fibonacci

What does Fibonacci mean?
Fibonacci means a surname from Italian.
What is Fibonacci in Tamil?
Fibonacci in Tamil is ஃபிபனாச்சி. See Fibonacci meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Fibonacci?
Fibonacci can be a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Fibonacci?
Fibonacci is pronounced /fiːbə(ʊ)ˈnɑːtʃi/ (UK).

Words near Fibonacci in the dictionary

  1. fibial
  2. fible-fable
  3. fible-fables
  4. fibnif
  5. fibnifs
  6. Fibonacci
  7. Fibonacci number
  8. Fibonacci numbers
  9. Fibonacci polynomial
  10. Fibonacci polynomials
  11. Fibonacci retracement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Fibonacci (page history and authors); Fibonacci (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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