fife
See also: Fife and Fifer
English
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A fife
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faɪf/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪf
Etymology 1
From German Pfeife. Doublet of pipe. The word is unrelated to Fife in Scotland.
Noun
fife (plural fifes)
- A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
Derived terms
- fife major
- fife-rail
Translations
small shrill pipe
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Verb
fife (third-person singular simple present fifes, present participle fifing, simple past and past participle fifed)
- To play this instrument.
Numeral
fife
- Used instead of five in radio communications to avoid confusion with fire.
See also
- niner
Anagrams
- fief
Finnish
Etymology
From English fife.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfife/, [ˈfife̞]
- Rhymes: -ife
- Syllabification(key): fi‧fe
Noun
fife
- (music) fife
Declension
Inflection of fife (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | fife | fifet | |
genitive | fifen | fifejen | |
partitive | fifeä | fifejä | |
illative | fifeen | fifeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fife | fifet | |
accusative | nom. | fife | fifet |
gen. | fifen | ||
genitive | fifen | fifejen | |
partitive | fifeä | fifejä | |
inessive | fifessä | fifeissä | |
elative | fifestä | fifeistä | |
illative | fifeen | fifeihin | |
adessive | fifellä | fifeillä | |
ablative | fifeltä | fifeiltä | |
allative | fifelle | fifeille | |
essive | fifenä | fifeinä | |
translative | fifeksi | fifeiksi | |
instructive | — | fifein | |
abessive | fifettä | fifeittä | |
comitative | — | fifeineen |
Possessive forms of fife (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | fifeni | fifemme |
2nd person | fifesi | fifenne |
3rd person | fifensä |
Synonyms
- fife-huilu
- sveitsinhuilu
Italian
Noun
fife f
- plural of fifa