fic

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See also: ficc and fîc

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun[edit]

fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

  1. (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, “to become fat”), Proto-Slavic *spěti (“to ripen”).[1]

Verb[edit]

fic (aorist fica, participle ficur)

  1. to make soft

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin fīcus (“fig”).

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Noun[edit]

fic m (plural fics)

  1. wart
    Synonym: berruga
  2. Alpine buckthorn
    Synonym: púdol

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

fic

  1. Alternative form of fyke

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *fīk, *fīgā.

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Noun[edit]

fīc m

  1. a fig or fig tree
  2. piles, hemorrhoids

Declension[edit]

Declension of fic (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fīc fīcas
accusative fīc fīcas
genitive fīces fīca
dative fīce fīcum

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Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: fike, fyke
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