Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fibonacci

/fiːbə(ʊ)ˈnɑːtʃi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: fi-bonac-ci
IPA: /fiːbə(ʊ)ˈnɑːtʃi/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Italian.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Fibonacci sequence.

Example Sentences

"The Italian mathematician Leonardo Bonacci, who was called Fibonacci, introduced the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe."
"An interesting connection between Fibonacci numbers and matrices, introduced in [4], is given by the matrix Q = [1 1; 1 0] , known as Fibonacci Q-matrix [7] or Fibonacci’s matrix [11], such that […]"

Etymology

From Latin filius (“son”) + Italian Bonacci, a diminutive of Bono, from Latin bonum, ultimately meaning literally, "son of the (little) good man."

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: filius, Bonacci, bonum

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /fiːbə(ʊ)ˈnɑːtʃi/

Derived Forms

Fibonaccian fibonomial fiboquadratic hyperfibonacci negafibonacci Tribonacci

Phrases

Fibonacci arc Fibonacci channel Fibonacci cluster Fibonacci coding Fibonacci coefficient Fibonacci dual theorem Fibonacci extension Fibonacci fan

Rhymes With

karachi hitachi mariachi saatchi hibachi chachi paci gerace geraci starace schillaci bonacci

Questions

How do you pronounce fibonacci?: The recorded pronunciation is /fiːbə(ʊ)ˈnɑːtʃi/.
What does fibonacci mean?: A surname from Italian.
Where does fibonacci come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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