fige

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See also: figé and figę

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fige

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

Latin

Verb

fīge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fīgō

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

fige

Borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fyke.

Pronunciation

Noun

fige (plural figes)

  1. A fig tree (tree of the genus Ficus)
  2. A fig (fruit of a fig tree)
  3. (rare) A kind of boil or sore.

Descendants

  • English: fig
    • Tok Pisin: fik
    • → Chuukese: fik
    • → Maori: piki
  • Scots: feg
  • → Welsh: ffigys (from the plural form)

References

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