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Translingual edit
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fi
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
fi
- (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.
Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviation
Noun edit
fi (uncountable)
- (in combination) Abbreviation of fidelity. (e.g. in hi-fi, lo-fi, or wi-fi)
- (in combination) Abbreviation of fiction. (e.g. in sci-fi)
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Preposition edit
fi
- (Jamaica) Alternative form of to
- 2004, Deborah A. Thomas, Irene Silverblatt, Sonia Saldívar-Hul, Modern Blackness Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica:
- We shoulda try fi produce more and market the things we have better so we can buy the things we need fi buy
- 2005, Sean Paul (lyrics and music), “Temperature”:
- I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
- 2021, Maisy Card, These Ghosts Are Family, page 76:
- After the funeral you need fi find somewhere else fi live
See also edit
References edit
“fi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Bavarian edit
Preposition edit
fi
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fi m (plural fis)
Derived terms edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin fīnis. Compare Occitan fin, French fin, Italian fine.
Noun edit
fi f (plural fins)
- finish; the end
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the same source as the above (with similar occurrences in most Romance languages), or less likely, possibly originally from fidus, which also gave Old Occitan fi, phonetically.[1]
Adjective edit
fi (feminine fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
Noun edit
fi f (plural fis)
Further reading edit
- “fi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fi” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References edit
- ^ “fi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From French fi, Latin fī. Compare German pfui.
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Interjection edit
fi
- For shame!
- "Jes, mi frapis mian frateton kaj mi ne bedaŭras ĝin!" "Ho, fi!"
- "Yes, I hit my little brother and I'm not sorry about it!" "Oh, for shame!"
- Fi al vi! ― Shame on you!
Derived terms edit
Fas edit
Noun edit
fi
References edit
- ASJP, citing W. Baron, Kwomtari Survey (1983, SIL)
French edit
Etymology edit
Imitative.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
fi
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fi m (plural fis)
Related terms edit
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French fille (“girl, daughter”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fi
Related terms edit
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -fi
Etymology 1 edit
See under fiú.
Noun edit
fi (plural fiak)
- (archaic, today only in compounds) son, child, offspring (of a human or an animal)
- Synonym: fiú
- (archaic, today only in compounds) a smaller part of a building or a piece of furniture, cf. fiók (“drawer”)
Declension edit
The accusative and the plural form can also be fiat and fiak, respectively, although fit, fik (the shorter versions) are more usual here.[1]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fi | fik |
accusative | fit | fikat |
dative | finak | fiknak |
instrumental | fival | fikkal |
causal-final | fiért | fikért |
translative | fivá | fikká |
terminative | fiig | fikig |
essive-formal | fiként | fikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fiban | fikban |
superessive | fin | fikon |
adessive | finál | fiknál |
illative | fiba | fikba |
sublative | fira | fikra |
allative | fihoz | fikhoz |
elative | fiból | fikból |
delative | firól | fikról |
ablative | fitól | fiktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fié | fiké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fiéi | fikéi |
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fi | fiak |
accusative | fiat | fiakat |
dative | finak | fiaknak |
instrumental | fival | fiakkal |
causal-final | fiért | fiakért |
translative | fivá | fiakká |
terminative | fiig | fiakig |
essive-formal | fiként | fiakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fiban | fiakban |
superessive | fin | fiakon |
adessive | finál | fiaknál |
illative | fiba | fiakba |
sublative | fira | fiakra |
allative | fihoz | fiakhoz |
elative | fiból | fiakból |
delative | firól | fiakról |
ablative | fitól | fiaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fié | fiaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fiéi | fiakéi |
The possessive-suffixed forms can also be fim etc., although the fiam etc. forms (the longer versions) are more usual here.[1]
Possessive forms of fi | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | fiam | fiaim |
2nd person sing. | fiad | fiaid |
3rd person sing. | fia | fiai |
1st person plural | fiunk | fiaink |
2nd person plural | fiatok | fiaitok |
3rd person plural | fiuk | fiaik |
Possessive forms of fi | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | fim | fiaim |
2nd person sing. | fid | fiaid |
3rd person sing. | fija | fiai |
1st person plural | fink | fiaink |
2nd person plural | fitok | fiaitok |
3rd person plural | fijuk | fiaik |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Interjection edit
fi
- (rare, literary) yuck, ugh, boo (expression of disgust or contempt, sometimes like a symbolic spitting)
Etymology 3 edit
From Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
Noun edit
fi (plural fik) (the plural form is rare)
Declension edit
(suffixed forms are rare)
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fi | fik |
accusative | fit | fiket |
dative | finek | fiknek |
instrumental | fivel | fikkel |
causal-final | fiért | fikért |
translative | fivé | fikké |
terminative | fiig | fikig |
essive-formal | fiként | fikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fiben | fikben |
superessive | fin | fiken |
adessive | finél | fiknél |
illative | fibe | fikbe |
sublative | fire | fikre |
allative | fihez | fikhez |
elative | fiből | fikből |
delative | firől | fikről |
ablative | fitől | fiktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fié | fiké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fiéi | fikéi |
References edit
Further reading edit
- (son): fi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (yuck): fi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Jamaican Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
fi
- for
- Mi head a hot mi. Yuh have supn can gimme fi it?
- I have a headache. Can you give me something for the pain?
- 2016, Sylvia Gilfillian, The Road to Timnath: Di Ruod Tu Timnat, →ISBN:
- “A wanda how dem come fi tink dat di trial a di pastor is a fittin event fi a pikni witness. […] ”
- I asked myself how they could possibly think that the pastor's trial would be an appropriate event for children to see. […]
- (+ infinitive) to
- Wi wah fi know wah gwaan.
- We want to know what's going on.
- 2016, Sylvia Gilfillian, The Road to Timnath: Di Ruod Tu Timnat, →ISBN:
- “Me look up to di platform and see about eight wooden chairs up deh. Me eyeball dem fi see which wan a dem me kuda move because some a dem carve outa solid wood and look well heavy. […] ”
- I looked up at the platform and saw about eight wooden chairs up there. I studied them to see which one I could move because some of them were made of solid wood and looked extremely heavy. […]
- (interrogative) (+ infinitive) can
- How dem fi do dat?
- How can they do a thing like that?
- 2018, Shelley Sykes-Coley, Chat ’Bout!: An Anthology of Jamaican Conversations, →ISBN:
- “How unnu fi walk an' nyam, an' litter di street?
Mi jus' cyaan andastan' how unno fi dweet. […] ”- How can you walk and eat, and throw litter in the street?
I just can't understand how you can do it. […]
- How can you walk and eat, and throw litter in the street?
- (+ infinitive) should
- Im fi tap it. It a guh mash 'im up.
- He/She should stop doing that. It's going to wreck him/her.
- 2013, Selvin McRae, The Guilty Truth Revealed, →ISBN, page 108:
- “Mi pickney unnu fi look n love nuff money
Horse pon track cah gallop without money […] ”- My children, you should seek and desire a lot of money
A horse on a track can't race without money […]
- My children, you should seek and desire a lot of money
Further reading edit
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 229
- fi – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
fi
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
fī
Descendants edit
Verb edit
fī
References edit
- “fi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fi (Jawi spelling في, plural fi-fi, informal 1st possessive fiku, 2nd possessive fimu, 3rd possessive finya)
References edit
- “fi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
fi
- Alternative form of f’: used before a consonant cluster
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fi n (indeclinable)
- Alternative spelling of phi
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -i
Noun edit
fi m (plural fis)
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin sum. The citation form and the f- conjugations come from Vulgar Latin *fīre < Latin fierī (“become”). Compare Aromanian hiu.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
a fi (third-person singular present este or e, past participle fost) 4th conj.
- (with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
- Ea este frumoasă. ― She is beautiful.
- Aceasta este o casă. ― This is a house.
- (with a predicate adjective and an indirect object) to feel (to experience a certain condition)
- Îmi e frig. ― I feel cold. (literally, “To me it is cold.”)
- Îmi este rău. ― I feel sick.
- to be it in a game of tag
- Leapșa, tu ești! ― Tag, you're it!
Usage notes edit
- One can also use e as an informal variant of the third-person singular present tense, este.
- The second entries in the simple perfect row represent the informal variants.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a fi | ||||||
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gerund | fiind | ||||||
past participle | fost | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | sunt | ești | este, e | suntem | sunteți | sunt | |
imperfect | eram | erai | era | eram | erați | erau | |
simple perfect | fusei, fui | fuseși, fuși | fuse, fu | fuserăm, furăm | fuserăți, furăți | fuseră, fură | |
pluperfect | fusesem | fuseseși | fusese | fuseserăm | fuseserăți | fuseseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să fiu | să fii | să fie | să fim | să fiți | să fie | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | fii | fiți | |||||
negative | nu fi | nu fiți |
- Additionally there are sînt, sîntem, sînteți for sunt, suntem, sunteți, see the usage notes in sunt for more.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- fi in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”).
Noun edit
fi m
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fi f (plural fíes)
Further reading edit
- “fi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of fienden (“the enemy”).
Noun edit
fi
- Only used in lede fi
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
fi
- (archaic) Archaic preposition meaning at, often used with prices or dates.
Notes edit
(A surviving fixed expression is"fi tarihinde".Please clarify, if it means at an unspecified earlier date or at an aforementioned date)
See also edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *mī.
Pronoun edit
fi
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fi f (plural fiau, not mutable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
See also edit
West Makian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-North Halmahera *kahi (“skin”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fi
- skin
- ituka mefi ― it's shedding its skin (of a snake)
- bark
- fete de fi ― tree bark
- shell
- laia de fi ― shellfish shell
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fi
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fí
- The name of the Latin-script letter F.
See also edit
- (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fi
Usage notes edit
This verb cannot be used on its own with an object and must be used with a second verb to show purpose. In the case of simply using an object without any purpose, lò must be used instead.
- "Mo fi ṣíbí jẹ ìrẹsì." – I used a spoon to eat rice. (uses a second verb, jẹ, along with fi)
- "Mo lo ṣíbí." – I used a spoon. (uses lò, changed to lo before an object noun, since there's no second verb for purpose)
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fí
- (transitive) to swing
- (transitive) to swirl, to centrifuge