fic
See also: ficc and fîc
English
Etymology
Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪk/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪk
Noun
fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)
- (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.
Derived terms
- badfic
- comfortfic
- crack fic
- deathfic
- gamefic
- holidayfic
- litfic
- slashfic
- trollfic
- wingfic
Anagrams
- CFI, CIF, FCI, ICF, IFC
Albanian
Etymology
From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, “to become fat”), Proto-Slavic *spěti (“to ripen”).[1]
Verb
fic (first-person singular past tense fica, participle ficur)
- to make soft
Related terms
- butë
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “fic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin fīcus (“fig”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfik/
Noun
fic m (plural fics)
- wart
- Synonym: berruga
- Alpine buckthorn
- Synonym: púdol
Related terms
- figa
Further reading
- “fic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “fic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Middle English
Noun
fic
- Alternative form of fyke
Old English
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiːk/
Noun
fīc m
- a fig or fig tree
- piles, hemorrhoids
Declension
Declension of fic (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fīc | fīcas |
| accusative | fīc | fīcas |
| genitive | fīces | fīca |
| dative | fīce | fīcum |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- fīcādl
- fīcæppel
- fīcbēam
- fīclēaf
- fīctrēow
Descendants
- Middle English: fike, fyke
- English: fike, fig