fi

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

Contents

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

fi

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Noun

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 3

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

Conjunction

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).

Synonyms

• endif, end-if

Anagrams

• IF, if

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin filius.

Noun

fi m (plural fis)

1. son

Derived terms

• filleu
• fillôt

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfi/

Etymology 1

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fi f (plural fins)

1. finish; the end

Derived terms

• en fi
• per fi

Etymology 2

From Latin fīnītus, either via Old French fin or an Old Occitan variant.

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• finament
• finesa
• finor

Etymology 3

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

Noun

fi f (plural fis)

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

Further reading

• “fi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fi” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French fi.

Interjection

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!

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Fas

Noun

fi

1. water

References

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

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French

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

• Homophones: fie, fient, fies

Interjection

fi

1. (archaic) faugh, fie

Derived terms

• faire fi

Further reading

• “fi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fīlius.

Noun

fi m (plural fis)

1. son

Related terms

• fie
• fioç

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French fille (“girl, daughter”).

Noun

fi

1. girl
2. daughter

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Jamaican Creole

Preposition

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."

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Japanese

Romanization

fi

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fiː/

Interjection

fī

1. pah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of disgust

   Fi, fi fetet!

   Pah, it stinks!

Descendants

• English: fy, fie

Verb

fī

1. second-person singular present passive imperative of faciō

References

• 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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• phi (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi/

Noun

fi m (plural fi)

1. phi (name of the Greek letter Φ)

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• фи (Moldavian Cyrillic spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fi]

Verb

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

1. to be

Usage notes

• 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

    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 terms

• ființă
• fiindcă
• fire

References

• fi in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2019

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) fieu
• (Sursilvan) fiug
• (Sutsilvan) fia, fiac
• (Puter, Vallader) fö

Etymology

From Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”).

Noun

fi m

1. (Surmiran) fire

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

fi f (plural fíes)

1. phi; the Greek letter Φ, φ

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viː/

Pronoun

fi

1. me