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fi

See also: Fi, FI, fi-, .fi, fi., fí, and Appendix:Variations of "fi"

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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NounEdit

fi

  1. (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviation

NounEdit

fi (uncountable)

  1. (in combination) Abbreviation of fidelity. (e.g. in hi-fi or wi-fi)
  2. (in combination) Abbreviation of fiction. (e.g. in sci-fi)

Etymology 3Edit

The word if spelled backwards, introduced in the ALGOL 68 Report (1968) as a terminator for an if clause.

ConjunctionEdit

fi

  1. (computer science) Reserved word, in some programming languagess, signaling the end of an "if" program instruction.
    In ALGOL 68 the if clause must be terminated by fi (which is if spelt backwards).
SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

fi at OneLook Dictionary Search

AnagramsEdit

BourguignonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin filius.

NounEdit

fi m (plural fis)

  1. son

Derived termsEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Occitan fin, from Latin fīnis.

NounEdit

fi f (plural fins)

  1. finish; the end
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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].

AdjectiveEdit

fi (feminine fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

  1. fine, thin
  2. soft, smooth
  3. sharp, keen
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

NounEdit

fi f (plural fis)

  1. Phi; the Greek letter Φ (lowercase φ).

Further readingEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “fi” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French fi.

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio
    		(file)

InterjectionEdit

fi

  1. 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!

FasEdit

NounEdit

fi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • ASJP, citing W. Baron, Kwomtari Survey (1983, SIL)

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Imitative.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

fi

  1. (archaic) faugh, fie

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fīlius.

NounEdit

fi m (plural fis)

  1. son

Related termsEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French fille (“girl, daughter”).

NounEdit

fi

  1. girl
  2. daughter

HungarianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See under fiú.

NounEdit

fi (plural fiak)

  1. (archaic, today only in compounds) son, child, offspring (of a human or an animal)
    Synonym: fiú
  2. (archaic, today only in compounds) a smaller part of a building or a piece of furniture, cf. fiók, ’drawer’
DeclensionEdit

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)
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)
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
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
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 termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • fi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Inflected forms

Etymology 2Edit

InterjectionEdit

fi

  1. (rare, literary) yuck, ugh, boo (expression of disgust or contempt, sometimes like a symbolic spitting)
    Synonyms: fuj, pfuj

Further readingEdit

  • fi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Etymology 3Edit

From Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

NounEdit

fi (plural fik) (the plural form is rare)

  1. Phi; the Greek letter Φ (lowercase φ).
DeclensionEdit

(suffixed forms are rare)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
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

Jamaican CreoleEdit

PrepositionEdit

fi

  1. To.
    • 1997, Mr. Vegas, Heads High (song):
      Mi wan fi hear yuh scream.
      "I want to hear you scream."
    • 2002, Sean Paul, Get Busy (song):
      Me want fi see you get live ‘pon the riddim
    • 2006, Otelemate G. Harry, 'Jamaican Creole', in The Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 33, no. 1:
      im rap op ina wan jakit fi kiip aut di kuol.
      "He wrapped up in a warm jacket to keep out the cold."

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

fi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふぃ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of フィ

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

fī

  1. pah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of disgust
    Fi, fi fetet!
    Pah, it stinks!

DescendantsEdit

  • English: fy, fie

VerbEdit

fī

  1. second-person singular present passive imperative of faciō

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

PortugueseEdit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fi m (plural fi)

  1. phi (name of the Greek letter Φ)

RomanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • фи (Moldavian Cyrillic spelling)

EtymologyEdit

Suppletive verb formed from Latin sum, fuī, with the infinitive and subjunctive forms replaced by fierī, present active infinitive of fīō. Latin sum derives from Proto-Italic *ezom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“I am, I exist”), while fīō and fuī both derive from Proto-Italic *fuiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

a fi (third-person singular present este or e, past participle fost) 4th conj.

  1. (with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
    Ea este frumoasă. ― She is beautiful.
    Aceasta este o casă. ― This is a house.
  2. (with a predicate adjective and an indirect object) to feel (to experience a certain condition)
    Îmi e frig. ― I feel cold. (literally, “To me is cold.”)
    Îmi este rău. ― I feel sick.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of fi (fourth conjugation)
infinitive a fi
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

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”).

NounEdit

fi m

  1. (Surmiran) fire

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fi f (plural fíes)

  1. phi; the Greek letter Φ, φ

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *mī.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

fi

  1. me
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