fic

See also: ficc and fîc

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪk/

Noun

fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

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

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Albanian

Etymology

From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, “to become fat”), Slavic *spěti 'to ripen'[1].

Verb

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

  1. to make soft

References

  1. ↑ Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.96

Old English

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːk/

Noun

fīc m

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

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