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fibril

US/ˈfaɪbɹ(ə)l/

fibril noun: a fine fibre or filament.

Noun

fibril (plural fibrils)

  1. A fine fibre or filament.
  2. Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants.

fibril meaning in Tamil and Kannada

fibril in Tamil

ஃபைப்ரில், இழை, சிறுநார், நாரிழை, நுண் இழை, நுண்ணார்

fibril in Kannada

ನಾರೆಳೆ, ತಂತುಕ

Forms of fibril

pluralfibrils

Origin of fibril

Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra. Doublet of fibrilla. Compare fibre.

Words formed from fibril

Questions about fibril

What does fibril mean?
Fibril means a fine fibre or filament.
What is fibril in Tamil?
Fibril in Tamil is ஃபைப்ரில், இழை, சிறுநார். See Fibril meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fibril?
Fibril is a noun.
How do you pronounce fibril?
Fibril is pronounced /ˈfaɪbɹ(ə)l/ (US).
What is the plural of fibril?
The plural of fibril is fibrils.

Words near fibril in the dictionary

  1. fibrewood
  2. fibrewoods
  3. fibrework
  4. fibric
  5. fibriform
  6. fibril
  7. fibriliary
  8. fibrilisation
  9. fibrilization
  10. fibrilize
  11. fibrilized

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fibril (page history and authors); fibril (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fibril (Kannada 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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