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English

Etymology

From Italian fico (“a fig”), from Latin f?cus. Doublet of fig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?k??/

Noun

fico (plural ficoes)

1. (archaic) a fig; an insignificant trifle
2. (archaic) a sign of contempt made with the fingers

Anagrams

• coif, foci

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fi.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?fi.ku/

Verb

fico

1. first-person singular present indicative form of ficar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin f?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi.ko/
• Rhymes: -iko

Adjective

fico (feminine fica, masculine plural fichi, feminine plural fiche)

1. (slang) great, cool (admirable)

   Synonym: (Northern Italy) figo

Noun

fico m (plural fichi)

1. fig (fresh fruit and tree)
2. (slang) cool guy, bit of alright

Usage notes

Slang term becomes figo in Northern Italy.

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

• foci

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fi?.ko?/, [?fi?ko?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fi.ko/, [?fi?k?]

Noun

f?c?

1. dative/ablative singular of f?cus

References

• fico in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

fico

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of ficar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fiko/, [?fi.ko]

Verb

fico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ficar.

English

Etymology

A shortening of fanfic, itself a shortening of fan fiction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?k/

Noun

fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

1. (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• CFI, CIF, FCI, ICF, IFC

Albanian

Etymology

From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit ??????? (spháyate, “to become fat”), Proto-Slavic *sp?ti (“to ripen”).

Verb

fic (first-person singular past tense fica, participle ficur)

1. to make soft

Related terms

• butë

References

Middle English

Noun

fic

1. Alternative form of fyke

Old English

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *f?ca, from Latin f?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi?k/

Noun

f?c m

1. a fig or fig tree
2. piles, hemorrhoids

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: fike, fyke
  • English: fike