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fímbria

Portuguese, noun/ˈfĩ.bɾjɐ/

fímbria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lower end of garment; shore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “franja na parte inferior de um vestido”.

What does fímbria mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelower end of garment; shore

  2. 2

    femininefimbria

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. franja na parte inferior de um vestido 2. borda ou orla 3. apêndices ou filamentos presentes em bactérias

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fímbria

  • fímbrias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fímbria?

  • Brazil /ˈfĩ.bɾjɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈfĩ.bɾi.ɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈfĩ.bɾjɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fímbria

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fímbria in Portuguese?

fímbria appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).