fichu

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French fichu.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɪʃuː/

Noun

fichu (plural fichus)

1. A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 93

     She wore a dress of filmy white stuff, embroidered with bunches of pale mauve thistles, a full fichu, and a large mauve hat with wide mauve ribbons, tied in front in a large knot where the fichu was crossed on her bosom.

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 285:

     Assistant Van admired her elegant slenderness, the gray tailor-made suit, the smoky fichu and as it wafted away, her long white neck.

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French

Etymology

Past participle of ficher (various senses).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiʃy/

• Audio

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Noun

fichu m (plural fichus)

1. (historical) fichu
2. scarf, headscarf

Adjective

fichu m (feminine fichue, masculine plural fichus, feminine plural fichues)

1. (colloquial) lousy, rotten, hell of a
2. (colloquial) done for
3. (colloquial) put together, rigged out, got up

Related terms

• fichtre

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Guernésiais

Etymology

Adjective

fichu m (feminine fichue, masculine plural fichus, feminine plural fichues)

1. blessed, wretched

Adverb

fichu

1. really