different between lyke vs fyke

English

Adjective

lyke (comparative lyker or more lyke, superlative lykest or most lyke)

1. Archaic spelling of like.

Related terms

• alyke

Noun

lyke (plural lykes)

1. Archaic spelling of like.
2. Obsolete form of lich (“a corpse”).

Verb

lyke

1. Archaic spelling of like.

Anagrams

• Kyle, kyle, yelk

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?i.k?/

Noun

lyke

1. plural of lyk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.

Noun

fyke (plural fykes)

1. (fishing) A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.

   Synonym: fyke net, fyke-net

Translations

See also

• fike

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fycz, fic, fike

Etymology

Inherited from Old English f?c, from Vulgar Latin *f?ca, from Latin f?cus. Doublet of fige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?k(?)/

Noun

fyke (plural fykes)

1. A fig (fruit of a fig tree)

Descendants

• English: fike

References

• “f?k(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fyke (present tense fyk, past tense fauk, supine foke, past participle foken, present participle fykande, imperative fyk)

1. Alternative form of fyka