fi

ﬁ	U+FB01, ﬁ LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FI

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

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

fi

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Finnish.

English edit

Pronunciation edit

enPR: fē, fī, IPA^(key): /fiː/, /faɪ/
Rhymes: -iː, -aɪ
Homophones: fee or fie

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

References edit

“fi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams edit

IF, if

Bavarian edit

Preposition edit

fi

Alternative form of fia
Isch fi enk enkro Dialekt lai a Dialekt oddo an eigna Schprouche?
Is your dialect just a dialect for you or is it a whole language?

Bourguignon edit

Etymology edit

From Latin filius.

Noun edit

fi m (plural fis)

son

Derived terms edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfi]

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)

phi; the Greek letter Φ (lowercase φ)

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)

IPA^(key): [fi]
Hyphenation: fi

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

fi-

Fas edit

Noun edit

fi

water

References edit

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

French edit

Etymology edit

Imitative.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fi/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Homophones: fie, fient, fies

Interjection edit

fi

(archaic) faugh, fie, bah, pooh

Derived terms edit

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fīlius.

Noun edit

fi m (plural fis)

son

Related terms edit

fie
fioç

Haitian Creole edit

Haitian Creole Wikipedia has an article on:

fi

Wikipedia ^ht

Etymology edit

From French fille (“girl, daughter”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fi/
Audio: (file)

Noun edit

fi

Related terms edit

tifi

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)
	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 terms edit

Compound words with this term at the beginning

fiók

Compound words with this term at the end

Etymology 2 edit

Interjection edit

fi

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

Etymology 3 edit

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

Noun edit

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

Phi; the Greek letter Φ (lowercase φ).

Declension edit

(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

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Inflected forms

Jamaican Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English for.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɪ/
Hyphenation: fi

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. […]
(+ 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 […]

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

fi

Rōmaji transcription of ふぃ
Rōmaji transcription of フィ

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fiː/, [fiː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi/, [fiː]

Interjection edit

fī

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

Descendants edit

English: fy, fie
Esperanto: fi

Verb edit

fī

second-person singular present passive imperative of faciō

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

Borrowed from English fee.

Noun edit

fi (Jawi spelling في, plural fi-fi, informal 1st possessive fiku, 2nd possessive fimu, 3rd possessive finya)

fee
Synonyms: yuran, caj

References edit

“fi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fɪ/

Preposition edit

fi

Alternative form of f’: used before a consonant cluster

Polish edit

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

fi

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fi/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: fi

Noun edit

fi n (indeclinable)

Alternative spelling of phi

Portuguese edit

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

fi

Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative forms edit

phi (obsolete)

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi/

Rhymes: -i

Noun edit

fi m (plural fis)

phi (name of the Greek letter Φ)

Romanian edit

Alternative forms edit

фи (fi) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling
hi — dialectal

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

IPA^(key): [fi]
Audio (file)
Audio (file)

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

Conjugation of fi (fourth conjugation)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a fi
gerund			fiind
past participle			fost
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
subjunctive	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

(Surmiran) fire

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfi/ [ˈfi]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: fi

Noun edit

fi f (plural fíes)

phi; the Greek letter Φ, φ

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Shortening of fienden (“the enemy”).

Noun edit

fi

Only used in lede fi

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic فِي (fī)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fiː/

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)

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /viː/
Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Celtic *mī.

Pronoun edit

fi

I, me

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

fi f (plural fiau, not mutable)

The name of the Latin-script letter V.

West Makian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-North Halmahera *kahi (“skin”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɸi/

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

IPA^(key): /ɸi/

Verb edit

fi

to come up (from below)

References edit

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba edit

Alternative forms edit

فِ

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fí/

Noun edit

fí

The name of the Latin-script letter F.

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fi/

Verb edit

fi

(auxiliary verb) to use something to do something else (must be used with another verb)

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

IPA^(key): /fí/

Verb edit

fí

(transitive) to swing
(transitive) to swirl, to centrifuge

[1] “fi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

[hungarian-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Inflected forms

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fi

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