fibril
/ˈfaɪbɹ(ə)l/noun
fibril is a noun meaning “A fine fibre or filament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-B-R-I-L, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fibril is fibrils.
What does fibril mean?
noun
- 1
A fine fibre or filament.
- 2
Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fibril?
- US /ˈfaɪbɹ(ə)l/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fibril.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fibril
- fibrils plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fibril?
Fibril appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fibril in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fibril come from?
Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra. Doublet of fibrilla. Compare fibre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).