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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-fabric.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-fabric.ogg|a=US}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|now|rare}} An [[edifice]] or [[building]].
# {{lb|en|now|rare}} An [[edifice]] or [[building]].
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|1|passage=Anon out of the earth a '''fabric''' huge / Rose like an exhalation.}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=1|passage=Anon out of the earth a '''fabric''' huge / Rose like an exhalation.|year=1873}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1791|author={{w|Ann Radcliffe}}|title=The Romance of the Forest|publisher=Oxford 1999|p=86|text=They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the '''fabric''', and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1791|author=w:Ann Radcliffe|title=The Romance of the Forest|publisher=Oxford 1999|page=86|text=They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the '''fabric''', and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} The act of [[construct]]ing, [[construction]], [[fabrication]].
# {{lb|en|archaic}} The act of [[construct]]ing, [[construction]], [[fabrication]].
#* {{RQ:Milman Latin}}
#* {{RQ:Milman Latin
#*: Tithe was received by the bishop {{...}} for the '''fabric''' of the churches for the poor.
|passage=Tithe was received by the bishop {{...}} for the '''fabric''' of the churches for the poor.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; [[workmanship]], [[texture]], [[make]].
# {{lb|en|archaic}} The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; [[workmanship]], [[texture]], [[make]].
#: {{ux|en|cloth of a beautiful '''fabric'''}}
#: {{ux|en|cloth of a beautiful '''fabric'''}}
# The [[framework]] underlying a [[structure]].
# The physical material of a building.
#: {{ux|en|This church dates back to the 11th century, though the great majority of its '''fabric''' is fifteenth century or later.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}} The [[framework]] underlying a [[structure]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=25 Dec 82|volume=10|number=23|journal=Gay Community News|page=12|author=Peg Byron|title=The 1982 New York Gay Film Festival|text=I thought the best match of sympathy with reality was in Fritz Matthies' ''Pauline's Birthday or the Beast of Notre Dame''. It was a surprise, not just because of its ending, but because there was a real '''fabric''' in the characters' relationships. In this, it outweighs ''The Deputy'' and all its high drama.}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''fabric''' of our lives}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''fabric''' of our lives}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''fabric''' of the universe}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''fabric''' of the universe}}
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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{der2|en|fabric softener|self-fabric|urban fabric}}
{{der2|en|fabric conditioner|fabric softener|self-fabric|urban fabric| oblique fabric}}


====Descendants====
====Descendants====
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* French: {{t+|fr|structure}}
* French: {{t+|fr|structure}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|estructura|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|estructura|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gebäude|n}}, {{t+|de|Bauwerk|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δομή|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δομή|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|struttura|f}}, {{t+|it|fabbricato|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|struttura|f}}, {{t+|it|fabbricato|m}}
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|строеж|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|строеж|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rakentaminen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rakentaminen}}
* German: {{t+|de|Konstruktion|f}}, {{t+|de|Errichtung|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|строи́тельство|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|строи́тельство|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|dèanamh|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|dèanamh|m}}
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{{trans-top|structure of anything}}
{{trans-top|structure of anything}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rakenne}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rakenne}}
* German: {{t+|de|Muster|n}}, {{t+|de|Textur|f}}, {{t+|de|Komposition|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|framework underlying a structure}}
{{trans-top|figurative framework underlying a structure}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|структу́ра|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|структу́ра|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|struktur|c}}, {{t+|da|system|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|struktur|c}}, {{t+|da|system|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|weefsel|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|weefsel|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rakenne}}, {{t+|fi|kehikko}}, {{t+|fi|kudos}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rakenne}}, {{t+|fi|kehikko}}, {{t+|fi|kudos}}
* German: {{t+|de|Bau|m}}, {{t+|de|Rohbau|m}}, {{t+|de|Struktur|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|tissu|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Bau|m}}, {{t+|de|Rohbau|m}}, {{t+|de|Struktur|f}}, {{t+|de|Bauplan|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δομή|f}}, {{t+|el|διάρθρωση|f}}, {{t+|el|ιστός|m}}, {{t+|el|πλέγμα|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δομή|f}}, {{t+|el|διάρθρωση|f}}, {{t+|el|ιστός|m}}, {{t+|el|πλέγμα|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מבנה|m|tr=mivné}}, {{t+|he|יסוד|m|tr=yesód}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מבנה|m|tr=mivné}}, {{t+|he|יסוד|m|tr=yesód}}
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* Bashkir: {{t|ba|туҡыма}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|туҡыма}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ткані́на|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ткані́на|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|বুনন}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বুনন}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|плат|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|тъка́н|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|плат|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|тъка́н|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ထည်|sc=Mymr}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ထည်|sc=Mymr}}
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* Galician: {{t+|gl|tea|f}}, {{t+|gl|tecido|m}}, {{t|gl|téximo|m}}, {{t|gl|estofo|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|tea|f}}, {{t+|gl|tecido|m}}, {{t|gl|téximo|m}}, {{t|gl|estofo|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ქსოვილი}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ქსოვილი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gewebe|n}}, {{t+|de|Textil|n}}, {{t+|de|Stoff|n}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gewebe|n}}, {{t+|de|Textil|n}}, {{t+|de|Stoff|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ύφασμα|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ύφασμα|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὕφασμα|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὕφασμα|n}}
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|textil}}, {{t+|hu|szövet}}, {{t+|hu|anyag}}, {{t+|hu|kelme}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|textil}}, {{t+|hu|szövet}}, {{t+|hu|anyag}}, {{t+|hu|kelme}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|efni|n}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|efni|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kain}}, {{t+|id|tekstil}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fabraic|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fabraic|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tessuto|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tessuto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|織物|tr=おりもの, orimono|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|織物|tr=おりもの, orimono|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|мата|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kk|материя|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|kk|материал|sc=Cyrl}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|мата|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kk|материя|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kk|материал|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ក្រណាត់}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ក្រណាត់}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|직물}}, {{t+|ko|옷감}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|직물}}, {{t+|ko|옷감}}
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* Lao: {{t|lo|ຜ້າ}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຜ້າ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|textum}}
* Latin: {{t|la|textum}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|audekls|m}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|audekls|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|medžiaga|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|medžiaga|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ткаенина|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ткаенина|f|sc=Cyrl}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kudos}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kudos}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|tecedura|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|tecedura|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Fasern|n}}, {{t+|de|Struktur|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Fasern|n}}, {{t+|de|Struktur|f}}, {{t|de|Texturierung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υφή|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υφή|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מרקם|m|tr=mirkám}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מרקם|m|tr=mirkám}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szövés}}, {{t|hu|anyagszerkezet}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szövés}}, {{t+|hu|anyagszerkezet}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tessuto|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tessuto|m}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|tekstura|f}}, {{t+|pl|faktura|f}}, {{t+|pl|struktura|f}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|tekstura|f}}, {{t+|pl|faktura|f}}, {{t+|pl|struktura|f}}
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{{trans-top|computing: interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed}}
{{trans-top|computing: interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|verkko}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|verkko}}
* German: {{t+|de|Netz|n}}, {{t+|de|Netzwerk|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{checktrans-top}}
{{checktrans-top}}
* Basque: {{t+check|eu|ehun}}
* Basque: {{t+check|eu|ehun}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|tissu}}
* Norwegian: {{t-check|no|tekstil}}
* Norwegian: {{t-check|no|tekstil}}
* Slovak: {{t-check|sk|tkanina}}, {{t-check|sk|látka}}
* Slovak: {{t-check|sk|tkanina}}, {{t-check|sk|látka}}
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cover with fabric.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cover with fabric.
#* '''2016''', Mindy Weiss, Lisbeth Levine, ''The Wedding Book''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2016|author=Mindy Weiss; Lisbeth Levine|title=The Wedding Book
#*: '''Fabricking''' and Carpeting a Room. If your ballroom's walls are in need of a paint job, or the space feels cavernous, or your tent is just looking too bare, you can have the ceiling and walls draped with fabric to create an intimate enclave.
|passage='''Fabricking''' and Carpeting a Room. If your ballroom's walls are in need of a paint job, or the space feels cavernous, or your tent is just looking too bare, you can have the ceiling and walls draped with fabric to create an intimate enclave.}}


===See also===
===See also===
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{{C|en|Textiles|Fibers|Fabrics}}
{{C|en|Textiles|Fibers|Fabrics}}

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==Romanian==
==Romanian==

Revision as of 01:13, 6 September 2024

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

fabric (countable and uncountable, plural fabrics)

  1. (now rare) An edifice or building.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation.
    • 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Oxford 1999, page 86:
      They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the fabric, and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey.
  2. (archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
    • 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity‎[1]:
      Tithe was received by the bishop […] for the fabric of the churches for the poor.
  3. (archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
    cloth of a beautiful fabric
  4. The physical material of a building.
    This church dates back to the 11th century, though the great majority of its fabric is fifteenth century or later.
  5. (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
    • 1982 December 25, Peg Byron, “The 1982 New York Gay Film Festival”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 12:
      I thought the best match of sympathy with reality was in Fritz Matthies' Pauline's Birthday or the Beast of Notre Dame. It was a surprise, not just because of its ending, but because there was a real fabric in the characters' relationships. In this, it outweighs The Deputy and all its high drama.
    the fabric of our lives
    the fabric of the universe
  6. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
    cotton fabric
  7. The texture of a cloth.
  8. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
  9. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
    The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: fabraic

Translations

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Verb

fabric (third-person singular simple present fabrics, present participle fabricking, simple past and past participle fabricked)

  1. (transitive) To cover with fabric.
    • 2016, Mindy Weiss, Lisbeth Levine, The Wedding Book:
      Fabricking and Carpeting a Room. If your ballroom's walls are in need of a paint job, or the space feels cavernous, or your tent is just looking too bare, you can have the ceiling and walls draped with fabric to create an intimate enclave.

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

fabric

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fabrica
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