Fife

See also: Fifer and fife

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Fìobha, said to date back to the eponym Fib, one of the seven sons of the legendary Pictish king Cruithne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪf/
• Rhymes: -aɪf

Proper noun

Fife

1. A traditional county of Scotland succeeded by Fife Region in 1975, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], line 993:

     Ross: Will you to Scone?
     Macduff: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.

2. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.

Synonyms

• Fifeshire (older usage)

Translations

county

• Irish: Foibhe m
• Scottish Gaelic: Fìobha m

See also

• Fyfe

 

Anagrams

• fief