figue
French
Etymology
From Old French figue, borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin ficus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiɡ/
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Noun
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une figue
figue f (plural figues)
- fig (fruit)
Derived terms
- figue de Barbarie
- mi-figue mi-raisin
Descendants
- → Luxembourgish: Fig
Further reading
- “figue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Displaced inherited fie.
Noun
figue f (oblique plural figues, nominative singular figue, nominative plural figues)
- fig (fruit)
Descendants
- Middle French: fige, figue
- French: figue
- → Luxembourgish: Fig
- Walloon: fike
- French: figue
- → Middle English: fige (see there for further descendants)
- → Old High German: fīga (see there for further descendants)