figue

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French figue, borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin ficus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiɡ/
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Noun

une figue

figue f (plural figues)

  1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Luxembourgish: Fig
  • → Haitian Creole: fig

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Displaced inherited fie.

Noun

figue oblique singular, f (oblique plural figues, nominative singular figue, nominative plural figues)

  1. fig (fruit)

Descendants

  • Middle French: fige, figue
  • → Middle English: fige (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old High German: fīga (see there for further descendants)
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