different between flic vs fic

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /fl?k/

• Rhymes: -?k

  Homophone: flick

Etymology 1

From flick in the cinematographic sense.

Noun

flic (plural flics)

1. (computing) A data file containing computer animations.

Etymology 2

From French flic (“cop, policeman”).

Noun

flic (plural flics)

1. (informal, slang) A French policeman.

French

Etymology

From earlier flique, probably a borrowing of German Flick, German criminal slang for "young man".

Alternatively, from earlier fligue, short for earlier fligman, a borrowing of German Fliege (“policeman”, literally “fly”). More at English fly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flik/

Noun

flic m (plural flics)

1. (slang, derogatory) copper, pig, rozzer; (police officer)

Synonyms

• keuf (verlan)

Derived terms

• fliquer
• fliqueur

Further reading

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

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