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fibula

/ˈfɪb.jʊl.ə/US/ˈfɪb.jəl.ə/

fibula noun: an ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.

Noun

fibula (plural fibulae or fibulas or (obsolete) fibulæ)

  1. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
    • Most of the fibulae have a triangular molding above the notch, which probably contained wound wire. The crossbar is decorated either with a flat knob or with a Persian merlon.1949, N. P. Toll, “Fibulae”, in Teresa G. Frisch, N. P. Toll, edited by M[ikhail] I[vanovich] Rostoftzeff, A. R. Bellinger, F. E. Brown, N. P. Toll, and C. B. Welles, The Excavations at Dura-Europos...
  2. The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
    Synonyms:
    calf bone

fibula meaning in Tamil and Telugu

fibula in Tamil

கால் சிம்பெலும்பு, ஃபிபுலா, கணைக்கால்வெளியெலும்பு, சிம்பு எலும்பு, முழங்கால் வெளி எலும்பு

fibula in Telugu

fibula
బహిర్జంఘిక bahirjaṅghika

Synonyms of fibula

Forms of fibula

pluralfibulae
pluralfibulas
plural (obsolete)fibulæ

Plural of fibula: fibulae or fibulas

Origin of fibula

Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle, clasp, pin”). The bone is so named because the shape it makes with the tibia resembles a clasp, the fibula being the pin.

Words formed from fibula

Words that rhyme with fibula

Questions about fibula

What does fibula mean?
Fibula means an ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
What is fibula in Tamil?
Fibula in Tamil is கால் சிம்பெலும்பு, ஃபிபுலா, கணைக்கால்வெளியெலும்பு. See Fibula meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fibula?
Fibula is a noun.
How do you pronounce fibula?
Fibula is pronounced /ˈfɪb.jʊl.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fibula?
The plural of fibula is fibulae.

Words near fibula in the dictionary

  1. fibry
  2. fibs
  3. fibster
  4. fibsters
  5. FIBUA
  6. fibula
  7. fibulae
  8. fibular
  9. fibular hemimelia
  10. fibular hemimelias
  11. fibulare

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fibula (page history and authors); fibula (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); బహిర్జంఘిక (Telugu) (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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