fi

See also: Fi, FI, fi-, .fi, fi., fí, and Appendix:Variations of "fi"

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fē, fī, IPA(key): /fiː/, /faɪ/
  • Rhymes: -iː, -aɪ
  • Homophones: fee or fie

Etymology 1

Noun

fi

  1. (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Noun

fi (uncountable)

  1. (in combination) Abbreviation of fidelity. (e.g. in hi-fi or wi-fi)
  2. (in combination) Abbreviation of fiction. (e.g. in sci-fi)

Etymology 3

Spelled backwards.

Conjunction

fi

  1. (computer science) The end of an "if" program instruction, usually as shorthand. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fi f (plural fins)

  1. finish; the end
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin fīnītus, either via Old French fin or an Old Occitan variant.

Adjective

fi (feminine fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

  1. fine, thin
  2. soft, smooth
  3. sharp, keen

Etymology 3

Ancient Greek, via Latin phi

Noun

fi f (plural fis)

  1. Phi; the Greek letter Φ (lowercase φ).

Esperanto

Etymology

From French fi.

Interjection

fi

  1. For shame!
    "Jes, mi frapis mian frateton kaj mi ne bedaŭras ĝin!" "Ho, fi!"
    "Yes, I hit my little brother and I'm not sorry about it!" "Oh, for shame!"
    Fi al vi! ― Shame on you!

Fas

Noun

fi

  1. water

References

  • ASJP, citing W. Baron, Kwomtari Survey (1983, SIL)

French

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)
  • Homophones: fie, fient, fies

Interjection

fi

  1. (archaic) faugh, fie

Derived terms

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fīlius.

Noun

fi m (plural fis)

  1. son

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French fille (“girl, daughter”).

Noun

fi

  1. girl
  2. daughter

Jamaican Creole

Preposition

fi

  1. To.
    • 1997, Mr. Vegas, Heads High (song):
      Mi wan fi hear yuh scream.
      "I want to hear you scream."
    • 2002, Sean Paul, Get Busy (song):
      Me want fi see you get live ‘pon the riddim
    • 2006, Otelemate G. Harry, 'Jamaican Creole', in The Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 33, no. 1:
      im rap op ina wan jakit fi kiip aut di kuol.
      "He wrapped up in a warm jacket to keep out the cold."

Japanese

Romanization

fi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふぃ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of フィ

Latin

Pronunciation

Interjection

fī

  1. pah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of disgust
    Fi, fi fetet!
    Pah, it stinks!

Descendants

Verb

fī

  1. second-person singular present passive imperative of faciō

References

  • fi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fi in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • phi (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi/

Noun

fi m (plural fi)

  1. phi (name of the Greek letter Φ)

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • фи (Moldavian Cyrillic spelling)

Etymology

Suppletive verb formed from Latin sum, fuī, with the infinitive and subjunctive forms replaced by fierī, present active infinitive of fiō. Latin sum derives from Proto-Italic *ezom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“I am, I exist”), while fiō derives from Proto-Italic *fuiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fi]

Verb

a fi (third-person singular present este or e, past participle fost) 4th conj.

  1. to be

Usage notes

  • One can also use e as an informal variant of the third-person singular present tense, este.
  • The second entries in the simple perfect row represent the informal variants.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”).

Noun

fi m

  1. (Surmiran) fire

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

fi f (plural fíes)

  1. phi; the Greek letter Φ, φ

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viː/

Pronoun

fi

  1. me
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