figue

Etymology

From Old French figue, borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin ficus. Replaced the inherited Old French fie from the same Latin root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiɡ/

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Noun

figue f (plural figues)

1. fig (fruit)

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Replaced the inherited doublet fie.

Noun

figue f (oblique plural figues, nominative singular figue, nominative plural figues)

1. fig (fruit)