figa

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Compare Occitan figa or higa.

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• Rhymes: -iɡa

figa f (plural figues)

1. fig

   (idiomatic) Ser figues d'un altre paner ― to be something very different from what was expected (an idiom, literally to be figs from another basket)

   (idiomatic) Fer figa ― to fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)

2. (vulgar slang) cunt; pussy (the vulva)

• “figa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “figa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “figa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “figa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Zulu -fika, from Proto-Bantu *-pìka.

figa

1. to arrive, to reach

From Old Galician-Portuguese figa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“vulva”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree or fruit”).

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figa f (plural figas)

1. (folklore) fig sign, used to ward off evil spirits, the evil eye, etc. When directed to a person is insulting and equivalent to a bras d'honneur

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “figa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “figa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “figa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “figa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• (Aggius) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡa/

figa f (plural fighi)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of fica (“fig”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: fì‧ga

figa f (plural fighe)

1. (vulgar, chiefly northern Italy) alternative form of fica (“cunt, pussy”)
2. (vulgar, chiefly northern Italy) alternative form of fica (“sexually attractive woman”)

• sfiga (“bad luck”)
• sfigato (“loser”)

figa

1. feminine singular of figo

Borrowed from Malay pinggan, ultimately from Persian پنگان (pengân, “cup; bowl”).

figa (mutated form viga)

1. plate

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 69.

• figuo (Mistralian)

From Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

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figa f (plural figas)

1. fig

• figuièr

From Proto-West Germanic *fīgā. Which is a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *fīga and Latin fīcus (“fig”).

fīga f

1. fig

• Middle Dutch: vige
  • Dutch: vijg
    • Afrikaans: vy
    • Negerhollands: vigie (from the diminutive)

• “fīga”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *fīgā.

fīga f

1. fig

• Middle High German: vīge
  • Cimbrian: faiga
  • German: Feige
  • Yiddish: פֿײַג (fayg)
  • → Polish: figa (see there for further descendants)

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

figa f (oblique plural figas, nominative singular figa, nominative plural figas)

1. fig (fruit)

• Occitan: figa
• → Old French: figue (see there for further descendants)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fīcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 495

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

figa

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figa sense 1

figa sense 2

figa sense 5

figi sense 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: fi‧ga

Borrowed from Middle High German vîge. Doublet of fikus and pigwa.

figa f (related adjective figowy)

2. fig (fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds)
4. (colloquial) ficus, fig (any tree of the genus Ficus)

   Synonyms: figowiec, fikus

5. (colloquial) common fig, fig (Ficus carica)
6. (colloquial) nil, zilch (nothing, zero)
8. fig sign (mildly obscene gesture that uses a thumb wedged in between two fingers, most commonly used to ward off the evil eye, insult someone, or deny a request)

• → Russian: фи́га (fíga)
  • → Kildin Sami: фӣга (fīga)

Ellipsis of majtki figowe.

figa nvir pl

2. (in the plural) knickers (women's legless underpants)

   Hypernym: majtki

• figa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• figi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• figa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• figa in PWN's encyclopedia

• (Sedini) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡa/

figa f (plural fighi)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of figga (“fig”)

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figa f (relational adjective figový)

1. fig

• figovník

• “figa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

figa

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• IPA^(key): /fìːɡa/

fíga f

1. fig (fruit)

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• “figa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From English fig or Dutch vijg.

figa

1. fig (fruit of the fig tree)

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figa class V (plural mafiga class VI)

1. cooking stone