fungi
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).
Pronunciation edit
There are multiple pronunciations in current English use. More American dictionaries favour the pronunciation /ˈfʌndʒaɪ/ or /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/, while more British dictionaries favour the pronunciation /ˈfʌŋɡiː/ or /ˈfʌndʒiː/. However, all four pronunciations are in use in both countries.
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fŭnʹjī, fŭngʹgī; IPA(key): /ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ/, /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/, /ˈfʌnd͡ʒiː/, /ˈfʌŋɡiː/
Audio (GA) (file) Audio (GA) (file) Audio (GA) (file) Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndʒi
Noun edit
fungi
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See fungee. Sense 2 (“style of folk and popular music”) is apparently from the fact that the music is a blend of different musical instruments and styles, just as the dish (sense 1) is a blend of different flavours.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfuːnd͡ʒi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfund͡ʒi/
- (Caribbean) IPA(key): /ˈfuːnd͡ʒiː/
- Hyphenation: fun‧gi
Noun edit
fungi (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of fungee (“a cornmeal dish from the Caribbean, usually made with okra and served with salt fish, shellfish, or chicken”)
- (by extension, music) A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of banjo, guitar, ukulele, and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
Translations edit
Further reading edit
- cou-cou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- fungi (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
fungi
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
fungi (first-person possessive fungiku, second-person possessive fungimu, third-person possessive funginya)
Italian edit
Verb edit
fungi
- inflection of fungere:
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfun.ɡiː/, [ˈfʊŋɡiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfun.d͡ʒi/, [ˈfun̠ʲd͡ʒi]
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
fungī m
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
fungī
References edit
- fungi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fungi m pl (plural only)