fungi

fungi

See also: Fungi, fungí, and fungi-

English

WOTD – 2 April 2022

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).

Pronunciation

There are multiple pronunciations in current English use. More American dictionaries favour the pronunciation /ˈfʌndʒaɪ/ or /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/, while more British dictionaries favour the pronunciation /ˈfʌŋɡiː/ or /ˈfʌndʒiː/. However, all four pronunciations are in use in both countries.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fŭnʹjī, fŭngʹgī; IPA^(key): /ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ/, /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/, /ˈfʌnd͡ʒiː/, /ˈfʌŋɡiː/

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• Rhymes: -ʌndʒi

Noun

fungi

1. (pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
2. plural of fungus

Derived terms

• fungi imperfecti

Etymology 2

See fungee. Sense 2 (“style of folk and popular music”) is apparently from the fact that the music is a blend of different musical instruments and styles, just as the dish (sense 1) is a blend of different flavours.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfuːnd͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfund͡ʒi/
• (Caribbean) IPA^(key): /ˈfuːnd͡ʒiː/
• Hyphenation: fun‧gi

Noun

fungi (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of fungee (“a cornmeal dish from the Caribbean, usually made with okra and served with salt fish, shellfish, or chicken”)
2. (by extension, music) A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of banjo, guitar, ukulele, and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.

   Synonyms: quelbe, scratch

Translations

style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands

Further reading

• cou-cou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fungi (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

fungi

1. plural of fungus

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Italian

Verb

fungi

1. inflection of fungere:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.ɡiː/, [ˈfʊŋɡiː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.d͡ʒi/, [ˈfun̠ʲd͡ʒi]

Noun

fungī m

1. inflection of fungus:
   1. genitive/locative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

Verb

fungī

1. present active infinitive of fungor

References

• fungi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fungi.

Noun

fungi m pl (plural only)

1. fungus

Declension

declension of fungi (plural only)

	plural
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(niște) fungi	fungii
genitive/dative	(unor) fungi	fungilor
vocative	fungilor