fi
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
fi
- (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.
Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviation
NounEdit
fi (uncountable)
- (in combination) Abbreviation of fidelity. (e.g. in hi-fi or wi-fi)
- (in combination) Abbreviation of fiction. (e.g. in sci-fi)
Etymology 3Edit
Spelled backwards.
ConjunctionEdit
fi
- (computer science) The end of an "if" program instruction, usually as shorthand. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
SynonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
fi f (plural fins)
- finish; the end
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin fīnītus, either via Old French fin or an Old Occitan variant.
AdjectiveEdit
fi (feminine fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)
Etymology 3Edit
Ancient Greek, via Latin phi
NounEdit
fi f (plural fis)
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
InterjectionEdit
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!
FasEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Imitative.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
fi
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
FriulianEdit
Haitian CreoleEdit
Jamaican CreoleEdit
PrepositionEdit
fi
- 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."
- 1997, Mr. Vegas, Heads High (song):
JapaneseEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
fī
DescendantsEdit
VerbEdit
fī
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
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 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”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
a fi (third-person singular present este or e, past participle fost) 4th conj.
- to be
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
- fi in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018