fibula

What does fibula mean?

fibula means "the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle".

How many syllables are in fibula?

fibula has 3 syllables: fib-u-la. The stress falls on "fib". In IPA it is /ˈfɪbjələ/.

What is another word for fibula?

Close synonyms include calf bone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fibula a common word?

fibula is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fibula come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.