fie

English

Alternative forms

• fy, fye

Etymology

From Latin fī via Old French and Middle English (with a possible additional influence from Old Norse). Compare Swedish fy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Homophone: phi
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Interjection

fie

1. (archaic) Sometimes followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage.
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 229, column 1:

     Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.

   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice.  (First Quarto), London: N O for Thomas Walkley, , published 1622, →OCLC, , page 89:

     Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     "Fie upon them, forgetting their philosophy!"

   • 1920 March, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff (quote sourced to Kim Soan), “Formosa the Beautiful”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 284–285:

     I pleaded with my companions to spare his life, and they said, ‘Fie! shame upon you! You have a Chinese heart.’ Then they turned upon me to kill me as well, so I withdrew my petition. After that they cut off the woodsman's head, and we returned home.

   • 1922, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Introduction”, in Fantasia of the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 4:

     But the orthodox scientific world says fie! to the religious impulse. The scientist wants to discover a cause for everything.

Translations

See also

• faugh
• out upon

Anagrams

• EFI, Fei, IEF

French

Verb

fie

1. inflection of fier:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fīlia. Compare Italian and Romansch figlia, Romanian fie, French fille.

Noun

fie f (plural fiis)

1. daughter

Synonyms

• frute

Related terms

• fi

Galician

Verb

fie

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

fie

1. Alternative form of fia, third-person singular future of fire

Anagrams

• fei, ife

Portuguese

Verb

fie

1. inflection of fiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīat, third-person singular present passive subjunctive of fiō.

Verb

fie

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of fi

   are să fie obosită când se revine

   she's going to be tired when she returns

2. third-person plural present subjunctive of fi

   vreau că ei să fie aici la opt exact

   I want them to be here exactly at eight

Derived terms

• fiecare

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin fīlia.

Noun

fie f (plural fii)

1. (popular) daughter

   Synonyms: fiică, fată

Declension

Derived terms

• fiică

Related terms

• fiu

Spanish

Verb

fie

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of fiar