fabric

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English

Alternative forms

• fabrick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfæb.rɪk/, X-SAMPA: /"f{b.rIk/

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Etymology

From French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”).

Noun

fabric (countable and uncountable; plural fabrics)

1. (originally) (construction) structure, building
2. An act of construction, especially the erection of a church
3. The framework underlying a structure

   The fabric of our lives

4. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

   cotton fabric

5. The texture of a cloth.

   the smooth fabric of an oriental silk cloth

6. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock
7. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance

   The internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fabric

Translations

structure, building

• Bulgarian: здание (bg) (zdanie) n, постройка (bg) (postrojka) f
• Finnish: rakenne (fi)
• French: structure (fr)

• Greek: δομή (el) (ðomí) f
• Romanian: structură (ro) f

act of construction

• Bulgarian: строеж (bg) (stroež) m
• Finnish: rakentaminen (fi)

• Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh (gd) m

framework underlying a structure

• Bulgarian: структура (bg) (struktura) f
• Danish: struktur (da) c, system (da) n
• Dutch: weefsel (nl) n
• Finnish: rakenne (fi), kehikko (fi), kudos (fi)
• German: Bau (de) m, Rohbau (de) m, Struktur (de) f

• Greek: δομή (el) (ðomí) f, διάρθρωση (el) (ðiárθrosi) f, ιστός (el) (istós) m
• Hungarian: szövevény (hu), szerkezet (hu)
• Italian: struttura (it) f, tessuto (it) m
• Polish: struktura (pl) f
• Portuguese: estrutura (pt) f, rede (pt) f

material made of fibers

• Bulgarian: плат (bg) (plat) m, тъкан (bg) (tǎkan) f
• Danish: stof (da) n
• Dutch: stof (nl) f, weefsel (nl) n
• Filipino: tela
• Finnish: kangas (fi)
• French: tissu (fr) m, textile (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gewebe (de) n, Textil (de) n, Stoff (de) n
• Greek: ύφασμα (el) (ýfasma) n
• Hungarian: textil (hu), szövet (hu), anyag (hu), kelme (hu)
• Irish: fabraic (ga) f

• Kyrgyz: кездеме (it) m,маңыз (it) m, мазмун (it) m
• Italian: tessuto (it) m
• Latvian: audekls (lv) m
• Polish: materiał (pl) m
• Portuguese: pano (pt) m, tecido (pt) m
• Romanian: țesătură (ro) f, material țesut (ro) n, textile (ro) n pl
• Russian: ткань (ru) (tkan´) f
• Slovene: tkanina f, blago n
• Spanish: tela (es) f, tejido (es) m, género (es) m
• Swedish: tyg (sv) n
• Tagalog: tela
• Turkish: kumaş (tr)

texture of a cloth

• Bulgarian: материя (bg) (materija) f
• Danish: struktur (da) c, sammensætning (da) c
• Dutch: textuur
• Finnish: kudos (fi)
• German: Fasern (de) n, Struktur (de) f
• Greek: υφή (el) (ifí) f

• Hungarian: szövés (hu), anyagszerkezet (hu)
• Italian: tessuto (it) m
• Polish: tekstura f, faktura f, struktura f
• Portuguese: tato (pt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh (gd) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Basque: ehun
• French: tissu
• Greek: υπόθεμα, πλέγμα, φέρων οργανισμός
• Hebrew: בד m

• Norwegian: tekstil
• Slovak: tkanina, látka
• Spanish: tejido
• Swedish: tyg, väv, system, konstruktion

See also

• Appendix:Fabrics