Fibonacci

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fiːbə(ʊ)ˈnɑːtʃi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Fibonacci

  1. A surname from Italian.
    The Italian mathematician Leonardo Bonacci, who was called Fibonacci, introduced the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe.
    • 2026, Gordon Korman, Hypergifted, page 139:
      "Fibonacci" was the most famous mathematician of his time," Noah explained.

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Translations

Adjective

Fibonacci (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to the Fibonacci sequence.
    • 2019 June 24, Juan Triana, “Negafibonacci Numbers via Matrices”, in Bulletin of TICMI‎[1], volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 July 2019, Introduction, page 1:
      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 […]

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.boˈnat.t͡ʃi/
  • Rhymes: -attʃi
  • Hyphenation: Fi‧bo‧nàc‧ci

Proper noun

Fibonacci m

  1. a surname
    Leonardo Fibonacci, Italian mathematician

Derived terms

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