figa

See also: Figa, figá, figà, and figą

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfi.ɣa]

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• Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• fer figa
• figa de moro
• figa de pala
• figaflor
• figueta

 

Further reading

• “figa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “figa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Fanagalo

Etymology

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

Verb

figa

1. to arrive, to reach

Galician

Figa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiɣɐ]

Noun

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

References

• “figa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “figa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “figa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “figa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Gallurese

Pronunciation

• (Aggius) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡa/

Noun

figa f (plural fighi)

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

figa f (plural fighe)

1. (vulgar, chiefly northern Italy) Alternative form of fica (“cunt, pussy”)

Derived terms

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

Adjective

figa f

1. feminine singular of figo

Nias

Etymology

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

Noun

figa (mutated form viga)

1. plate

References

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

Occitan

Alternative forms

• figuo (Mistralian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

figa f (plural figas)

1. fig

Related terms

• figuièr

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fīgā.

Noun

fīga f

1. fig

Descendants

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

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Noun

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

1. fig (fruit)

Descendants

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

References

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

Polish

figa sense 1

figa sense 2

figa sense 5

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: fi‧ga

Noun

figa f (related adjective figowy)

2. fig (fruit)
4. (colloquial) ficus, fig (any tree of the genus Ficus)

   Synonyms: figowiec, fikus

5. (colloquial) common fig, fig (shrub)
6. (colloquial) nil, nothing, zilch
8. fig sign (mildly obscene gesture that uses a thumb wedged in between two fingers)

Declension

Declension of figa

	singular	plural
nominative	figa	figi
genitive	figi	fig
dative	fidze	figom
accusative	figę	figi
instrumental	figą	figami
locative	fidze	figach
vocative	figo	figi

Derived terms

nouns

• figowiec

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• (Sedini) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡa/

Noun

figa f (plural fighi)

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡa/

Noun

figa f (genitive singular figy, nominative plural figy, genitive plural fíg, declension pattern of žena)

1. fig (fruit)

Declension

Declension of figa

	singular	plural
nominative	figa	figy
genitive	figy	fíg
dative	fige	figám
accusative	figu	figy
locative	fige	figách
instrumental	figou	figami

Related terms

• figovník
• figový

Further reading

• “figa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fìːɡa/

Noun

fíga f

1. fig (fruit)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	fíga
gen. sing.	fíge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	fíga	fígi	fíge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	fíge	fíg	fíg
dative (dajȃlnik)	fígi	fígama	fígam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	fígo	fígi	fíge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	fígi	fígah	fígah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	fígo	fígama	fígami

Further reading

• “figa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Sranan Tongo

Figa

Etymology

From English fig or Dutch vijg.

Noun

figa

1. fig (fruit of the fig tree)

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

figa (ma class, plural mafiga)

1. cooking stone