Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fabric

/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
fab-ric
IPA
/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An edifice or building.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The physical material of a building.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The framework underlying a structure.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The texture of a cloth.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

fabrics (plural) fabrick (alternative, obsolete) fabrics (present, singular) fabricking (participle, present) fabricked (participle, past) fabricked (past)

Derived Forms

biofabric fabricky fabricless fabriclike geofabric ichnofabric microfabric nanofabric nonfabric

Phrases

couching fabric fabric conditioner fabric softener oblique fabric self-fabric stretch fabric urban fabric

Frequently Paired Words

fur leather :Category:Fabrics :Appendix:Fabrics nap

Synonyms

material textile cloth fabric framework

Questions

How do you pronounce fabric?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/.
What does fabric mean?
An edifice or building.
Where does fabric come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce fabric

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