fife
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From German Pfeife (“whistle, smocking pipe”). Doublet of pipe.
Noun edit
fife (plural fifes)
- A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
small shrill pipe
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Verb edit
fife (third-person singular simple present fifes, present participle fifing, simple past and past participle fifed)
- To play this instrument.
Etymology 2 edit
Numeral edit
fife
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fife
Declension edit
Inflection of fife (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | fife | fifet | ||
genitive | fifen | fifejen | ||
partitive | fifeä | fifejä | ||
illative | fifeen | fifeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | fife | fifet | ||
accusative | nom. | fife | fifet | |
gen. | fifen | |||
genitive | fifen | fifejen | ||
partitive | fifeä | fifejä | ||
inessive | fifessä | fifeissä | ||
elative | fifestä | fifeistä | ||
illative | fifeen | fifeihin | ||
adessive | fifellä | fifeillä | ||
ablative | fifeltä | fifeiltä | ||
allative | fifelle | fifeille | ||
essive | fifenä | fifeinä | ||
translative | fifeksi | fifeiksi | ||
abessive | fifettä | fifeittä | ||
instructive | — | fifein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- fife-huilu
- sveitsinhuilu
Italian edit
Noun edit
fife f