Definition
A thin wooden splinter or paper tube used to transfer flame from one light source to another, popular in the 17th-18th centuries.
Etymology
From German Fidibus, possibly from Latin fides (because it required trust not to burn your fingers?). These devices were common before modern matches.
Kelly Says
Fidibus is a hilariously specific word for a now-obsolete object—it's a reminder that language captures the tiny problems humans once spent time solving. Every era has its 'that's not a problem anymore' words.
Translations
ARالعربية
فيديبس
fi-di-bus
BNবাংলা
ফিডিবাস
fi-di-bas
CACatalà
fidibus
fi-di-bus
CSČeština
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
DADansk
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
DEDeutsch
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
ELΕλληνικά
Φιδίβους
fi-dee-vous
ESEspañol
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
FAفارسی
فیدیبوس
fi-di-bus
FISuomi
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
FRFrançais
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
HEעברית
פידיבוס
fi-di-vos
HIहिन्दी
फिडिबस
fi-di-bas
HUMagyar
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
IDBahasa Indonesia
fidibus
fi-di-bus
ITItaliano
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
KMKM
ហ្វីឌីប៊ុស
hi-di-bus
MSBahasa Melayu
fidibus
fi-di-bus
MYမြန်မာ
ဖီဒီဘပ်
fi-di-ba
NLNederlands
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
NONorsk
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
PLPolski
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
PTPortuguês
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
RORomână
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
RUРусский
фидибус
fi-di-bus
SVSvenska
fidibus
fi-dee-bus
SWKiswahili
fidibus
fi-di-bus
TAதமிழ்
ஃபீடிபஸ்
fi-di-pas
TEతెలుగు
ఫిడిబస్
fi-di-bas
TRTürkçe
fidibus
fi-di-bus
UKУкраїнська
фідибус
fi-di-bus
VITiếng Việt
fidibus
fi-di-bus
ZH中文
fidibus
fei-di-bu-si