different between vantage vs fico

English

Alternative forms

• vauntage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??nt?d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?vænt?d??/

Noun

vantage (countable and uncountable, plural vantages)

1. An advantage.
2. A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
3. A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard the Second, Act V, scene iii:

     O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!

4. (dated, tennis) Alternative form of advantage (score after deuce)

Translations

Verb

vantage (third-person singular simple present vantages, present participle vantaging, simple past and past participle vantaged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To profit; to aid.

Further reading

• vantage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vantage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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.