fic

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See also: ficc and fîc

English

Etymology

Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

  1. (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.

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Albanian

Etymology

From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, to become fat), Proto-Slavic *spěti (to ripen).

Verb

fic (aorist fica, participle ficur)

  1. to make soft

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fīcus (fig).

Pronunciation

Noun

fic m (plural fics)

  1. wart
    Synonym: berruga
  2. Alpine buckthorn
    Synonym: púdol

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Middle English

Noun

fic

  1. Alternative form of fyke

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fīk, *fīgā.

Pronunciation

Noun

fīc m

  1. a fig or fig tree
  2. piles, hemorrhoids

Declension

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Descendants

  • Middle English: fike, fyke