fibula
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the…An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
» Tom broke his fibula playing football.
Meaning
2 sensesAn ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
Fibel
фи́булаfíbula
The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Examples
3 sentencesTom broke his fibula playing football.
I dislocated my ankle, and I also broke my tibia and fibula bones.
deIch habe mir den Knöchel verrenkt und mir außerdem Schien- und Wadenbein gebrochen.
The crew whispered that the commodore's limp came from a musket ball that shattered his fibula.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle, clasp, pin”). The bone is so named because the shapeBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: fibulae / fibulasSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular