fige
See also: figé and figę
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiʒ/
Verb
fige
- inflection of figer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Verb
fīge
- second-person singular present active imperative of fīgō
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fygge, fyge, figge, fygue, ffige
Etymology
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fige
Borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fyke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiɡ(ə)/
Noun
fige (plural figes)
- A fig tree (tree of the genus Ficus)
- A fig (fruit of a fig tree)
- (rare) A kind of boil or sore.
Related terms
- figee
- figer
- figge tre
Descendants
- English: fig
- Tok Pisin: fik
- → Chuukese: fik
- → Maori: piki
- Scots: feg
References
- “fige, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.