Fiber in Different Languages
Discover 'Fiber' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Fiber
Afrikaans vesel | ||
Albanian fibra | ||
Amharic ፋይበር | ||
Arabic الأساسية | ||
Armenian մանրաթել | ||
Assamese আঁহ | ||
Aymara fibra satawa | ||
Azerbaijani lif | ||
Bambara fibre (fibre) ye | ||
Basque zuntz | ||
Belarusian абалоніна | ||
Bengali ফাইবার | ||
Bhojpuri फाइबर के बा | ||
Bosnian vlakna | ||
Bulgarian фибри | ||
Catalan fibra | ||
Cebuano lanot | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 纤维 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 纖維 | ||
Corsican fibra | ||
Croatian vlakno | ||
Czech vlákno | ||
Danish fiber | ||
Dhivehi ފައިބަރެވެ | ||
Dogri फाइबर दा | ||
Dutch vezel | ||
English fiber | ||
Esperanto fibro | ||
Estonian kiud | ||
Ewe fiber | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hibla | ||
Finnish kuitu | ||
French fibre | ||
Frisian tried | ||
Galician fibra | ||
Georgian ბოჭკოვანი | ||
German ballaststoff | ||
Greek ίνα | ||
Guarani fibra rehegua | ||
Gujarati ફાઈબર | ||
Haitian Creole fib | ||
Hausa zare | ||
Hawaiian puluniu | ||
Hebrew סִיב | ||
Hindi रेशा | ||
Hmong fiber ntau | ||
Hungarian rost | ||
Icelandic trefjar | ||
Igbo eriri | ||
Ilocano fiber ti lanot | ||
Indonesian serat | ||
Irish snáithín | ||
Italian fibra | ||
Japanese ファイバ | ||
Javanese serat | ||
Kannada ಫೈಬರ್ | ||
Kazakh талшық | ||
Khmer ជាតិសរសៃ | ||
Kinyarwanda fibre | ||
Konkani तंतू | ||
Korean 섬유 | ||
Krio fayv | ||
Kurdish mûyik | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕیشاڵ | ||
Kyrgyz була | ||
Lao ເສັ້ນໃຍ | ||
Latin alimentorum fibra | ||
Latvian šķiedra | ||
Lingala fibre ya fibre | ||
Lithuanian pluoštas | ||
Luganda fiber | ||
Luxembourgish glasfaser | ||
Macedonian влакна | ||
Maithili रेशा | ||
Malagasy fibre | ||
Malay serat | ||
Malayalam നാര് | ||
Maltese fibra | ||
Maori muka | ||
Marathi फायबर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯥꯏꯕꯔ ꯂꯩ꯫ | ||
Mizo fiber a ni | ||
Mongolian шилэн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖိုင်ဘာ | ||
Nepali फाइबर | ||
Norwegian fiber | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chikwangwani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଫାଇବର | ||
Oromo fiber jedhamuun beekama | ||
Pashto فایبر | ||
Persian فیبر | ||
Polish błonnik | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fibra | ||
Punjabi ਫਾਈਬਰ | ||
Quechua fibra nisqa | ||
Romanian fibră | ||
Russian волокно | ||
Samoan alava | ||
Sanskrit तन्तुः | ||
Scots Gaelic fiber | ||
Sepedi faeba ya | ||
Serbian влакно | ||
Sesotho faeba | ||
Shona faibha | ||
Sindhi فائبر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තන්තු | ||
Slovak vlákno | ||
Slovenian vlakno | ||
Somali fiber | ||
Spanish fibra | ||
Sundanese serat | ||
Swahili nyuzi | ||
Swedish fiber | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) hibla | ||
Tajik нахи | ||
Tamil ஃபைபர் | ||
Tatar җепсел | ||
Telugu ఫైబర్ | ||
Thai ไฟเบอร์ | ||
Tigrinya ፋይበር ዝበሃሉ ምዃኖም ይፍለጥ | ||
Tsonga fibre ya fibre | ||
Turkish lif | ||
Turkmen süýüm | ||
Twi (Akan) fiber a ɛyɛ den | ||
Ukrainian клітковина | ||
Urdu فائبر | ||
Uyghur تالا | ||
Uzbek tola | ||
Vietnamese chất xơ | ||
Welsh ffibr | ||
Xhosa ifayibha | ||
Yiddish פיברע | ||
Yoruba okun | ||
Zulu ifayibha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Vesel" is of Dutch origin and can mean "fiber", "strand", or "thread" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "fibra" can also refer to the core or central part of something. |
| Amharic | ፋይበር (fiber) is used to refer to the edible outer layer (bran) of cereal grains. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "մանրաթել" (manrâtel) also has the alternate meaning of "thread" or "yarn" in the context of weaving and textiles. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "lif" in Azerbaijani also means "rope" and is cognate with the Persian word "rif" meaning "thread". |
| Basque | The term 'zuntz' is also used in Basque to refer to a type of fine wool or to the thread of a spiderweb. |
| Belarusian | The word "абалоніна" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *obolъ, meaning "string" or "rope". |
| Bengali | "ফাইবার" শব্দটি ইংরেজি "fiber" থেকে এসেছে, যার অর্থ হল কাঁচামাল বা আঁশ। |
| Bosnian | The word "vlakna" can also mean "hair" or "strand" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "фибри" can also refer to the fibers found in fruits, vegetables, and grains. |
| Catalan | Catalan "fibra" stems from Latin "fibra" meaning "fiber" or "sinew", and also shares an etymology and usage with English "fiber" and "fibre". |
| Cebuano | The word "lanot" can also refer to the fibrous material found in the stalks of some plants, such as jute or abaca. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 纤维的本义指蚕丝，后来引申为任何细长的条状物或线状物，如肌肉纤维、光纤等。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, 纤維 originally referred to the delicate veins in a leaf, but its meaning gradually expanded to include the thread-like structures found in plants and animals. |
| Corsican | Corsican "fibra" can also mean "vein" or "nerve", and may come from the Latin word "fibra" (fiber) or "fibra" (tendon) |
| Croatian | The word "vlakno" originally meant "hair" or "wool" in Croatian and is related to the German word "Flachs" meaning "flax". |
| Czech | The word "vlákno" can also mean "thread" or "filament" in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "fiber" derives from Latin "fibra", meaning "thread" or "string". It also refers to "dietary fiber" or "roughage" in nutrition. |
| Dutch | A vezelszerkezet in Dutch can both refer to fabric texture and to the anatomical structure (connective tissue). |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "fibro" derives from the Latin word for "fiber" and can also refer to the fibrous tissue of the body. |
| Estonian | Kiud can also refer to "strings" in a musical instrument context and "filaments" in the context of electricity. |
| Finnish | Finnish "kuitu" ("fiber") also meant "thread" or "string" before the 18th century |
| French | In French, the word "fibre" can also refer to a moral or ethical principle. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "tried" originally meant "thread". |
| Galician | The Galician word "fibra" also means "vein" in some contexts. |
| German | "Ballaststoff" comes from "Ballast" (ballast), as it used to be thought that the indigestible parts of fruits and vegetables weighed us down. |
| Greek | The word "ίνα" can also mean "string" or "thread" in Greek, and derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ei-no-", meaning "string" or "cord". |
| Gujarati | The word "fiber" comes from the Latin word "fibra", which means "thread" or "string". |
| Haitian Creole | "Fib" (pronounced 'feeb') is both the Haitian Creole term for "fiber" and a euphemistic way to talk about a lie in English. |
| Hausa | "Zare" in Hausa can also mean "hair", and is likely derived from the Proto-Chadic word "*zar-" with the same meaning. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word 'puluniu' also refers to the innermost bark of the wauke plant, traditionally used for clothing and medicine. |
| Hebrew | Hebrew has three other meanings of סִיב that include "thick thread"; an "optical line in data communication" or a "type of rope" of plant-based material or plastic. |
| Hindi | "रेशा" is derived from Sanskrit "रज्जु" (rajjú), meaning "rope" or "cord", and also refers to the threads in textiles or the strands in hair. |
| Hmong | The word "ntau" can also mean "rope" or "string" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word “rost” originally referred to iron wire, and its meaning was later extended to other materials such as wool and cotton |
| Icelandic | The term "trefjar" not only refers to fibers, such as wool, but can also symbolize strength and courage in the face of adversity. |
| Igbo | "Ekwensu" is the Igbo word for "devil" and its origin is most likely the word "iriri" which refers to the root of a tree and the "eriri" of a tree is its most enduring part. |
| Indonesian | Serat in the context of wayang theater refers to the story or plot of a performance. |
| Italian | The word "fibra" also means "vein" in Italian, coming from the Latin word "fibra" meaning "thread, filament". |
| Japanese | "ファイバ"という言葉は、英語の"fiber"から来ており、植物の繊維、ガラス繊維、化学繊維など、さまざまな種類の繊維を指します。 |
| Javanese | It is a synonym for the word "urat", which also means "nerve" or "vein". |
| Kannada | The word 'ಫೈಬರ್' (fiber) in Kannada is derived from the Latin word 'fibra', meaning 'thread' or 'cord'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "талшық" has multiple meanings, such as "a thin thread" and "a small, slender piece." |
| Korean | 섬유(Fiber)는 섬세하다(細)는 의미와 유연하다(柔)는 의미에서 만들어진 말로, 한국어에서도 유사한 어원을 가지고 있다. |
| Kurdish | The word "mûyik" in Kurdish has alternative meanings such as "hair" and "thread". |
| Kyrgyz | "Була" also refers to a strand or thread and can be used figuratively to describe something interconnected or interdependent. |
| Lao | In some contexts, it can also mean "grain" or "texture". |
| Latin | Latin "alimentorum fibra" literally meant "the stringy part of food" and described the indigestible parts of fruits and vegetables. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "šķiedra" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *skei- "to split". |
| Lithuanian | The word "pluoštas" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleu-, meaning "to float". |
| Luxembourgish | Glasfaser is a compound of the words "Glas" and "Faser," meaning glass and fiber, and describes the material used in fiber optics. |
| Macedonian | The word "влакна" in Macedonian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "vl̥kna", which means "thread" or "strand". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "fibre" can also refer to "hair". |
| Malay | "Serat" also refers to the nerves, ligaments and tendons that connect bodily tissues. |
| Malayalam | The word 'നാര്' can also refer to the veins of a leaf, or the nerves or sinews of an animal. |
| Maltese | The word "fibra" in Maltese derives from the Italian word "fibra", meaning "fiber", and also refers to the strings of a musical instrument. |
| Maori | In Maori, "muka" also refers to the strong fibers of the New Zealand flax plant, traditionally used for making clothing, baskets, and other woven goods. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, फायबर (fiber) originates from the English word but also refers to "fabric" or "threads of cloth" |
| Mongolian | The word "шилэн" also refers to the filaments in plants, particularly jute or hemp |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "fiber" in Myanmar can also refer to a group or bundle of items or to a particular kind of thread. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word 'फाइबर' can also refer to 'roughage' in the context of food or nutrition. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "fiber" can also refer to small hairs around the eyes. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chikwangwani" also means "rope" in Nyanja and derives from the verb "kukwanga," meaning "to tie." |
| Pashto | The word فایبر (fiber) is used to describe both physical fiber and fiber as it relates to telecommunication signals. |
| Persian | The word "فیبر" (fiber) in Persian can also refer to a musical instrument or an optical cable. |
| Polish | The word "błonnik" also refers to a type of fabric |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "fibra" in Portuguese also means "moral strength" or "resilience". |
| Punjabi | The word for "fiber" in Punjabi, "ਫਾਈਬਰ," comes from the English word "fiber," which in turn derives from the Latin word "fibra," meaning "string" or "thread." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "fibră" can also refer to hair, muscles, nerves, or plants' vascular tissue. |
| Russian | In old Russian, "волокно" meant "strand" or "sinew".} |
| Samoan | Alava is also the Samoan word for the 'filaments' of the coconut husk used to make sinnet. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "fiber" can also refer to a strong, coarse grass used for making ropes or mats. |
| Serbian | "Влакно" comes from "влак" or "воло" (hair) and the suffix "-но" (indicates something made of the base word). |
| Sesotho | The word "faeba" has a double meaning in Sesotho, referring to a type of wild vegetable as well as the fibrous stalk used in basket weaving. |
| Shona | The word "faibha" can also refer to the "stringy parts of meat" |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word “فائبر” also means “the act of weaving something together.” |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "තන්තු" also refers to a musical string or thread, and its root word "තන්" means "to extend". |
| Slovak | The word "vlákno" also means "hair" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | 'Vlakno' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *vlakno, meaning both 'fiber' and 'hair'. |
| Somali | Somali "fiber" has multiple meanings, all relating to "something that connects things together." |
| Spanish | Fibra derives from the Latin word 'fibra', which means 'a small tuft of hair' |
| Sundanese | In the context of traditional Sundanese clothing, "serat" can also refer to the woven fabric's warp or weft threads. |
| Swahili | The word 'nyuzi' also means 'thread', 'cord', 'string' or 'yarn' in Swahili, making it a versatile term for various fibrous materials. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "fiber" can also refer to the rough material on the back of animal hides used to make leather. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Hibla" is also a unit of weight used to measure loose hemp. |
| Tajik | The word "нахи" in Tajik, in addition to its primary meaning of "fiber", also refers to the coarse hair on the body of animals or the thread of a spider |
| Tamil | The word "ஃபைபர்" in Tamil can also refer to a type of traditional Indian loincloth worn by men. |
| Telugu | In addition to its primary meaning, "fiber" can also refer to a specific type of cloth or the fibrous part of a plant used for making rope, paper, etc. |
| Thai | The word "ไฟเบอร์" (fiber) in Thai also means "glass wool" and "plastic wool". |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "lif" also refers to the edible inner bark of the linden tree and the woody stems of flax or nettle plants. |
| Ukrainian | The word "клітковина" is also used in Ukrainian to refer to plants or animals that live in or among the fibers of other plants. |
| Urdu | The word "فائبر" is derived from the Latin word "fibra", meaning "thread" or "strand". |
| Uzbek | The word "tola" also refers to the fiber used in the manufacture of felt in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "chất xơ" also means "roughage". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'ffibr' is derived from the Latin 'fibra', meaning 'thread'. It can also refer to a thin piece of material or a strand of hair. |
| Xhosa | "Ifayibha" originates from "ifayiba," which refers to long, thin threads used to make baskets, mats, and ropes. |
| Yiddish | The word "fiber" comes from the Latin word "fibra" meaning "thread" or "string", which is also where the English word "fiber" originates. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "okun" also refers to a type of traditional fabric woven from cotton or silk. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ifayibha" is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "-yibha", meaning "to peel or scrape", and refers to the process of extracting fibers from plant matter. |
| English | "Fiber" can also refer to a small lie or a person who habitually tells small lies. |