fic

See also: ficc and fîc

English

Etymology

    Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

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

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    Albanian

    Etymology

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

    Verb

    fic (aorist fica, participle ficur)

    1. (transitive) to make soft

    Conjugation

    References

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

    Further reading

    • fic”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
    • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

    Catalan

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin fīcus (fig).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    fic m (plural fics)

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

    Further reading

    Middle English

    Noun

    fic

    1. alternative form of fyke

    Old English

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *fīk, *fīgā.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fiːk/

    Noun

    fīc m

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

    Declension

    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative fīc fīcas
    accusative fīc fīcas
    genitive fīces fīca
    dative fīce fīcum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle English: fike, fyke

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ki/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ke/

    Noun

    fic f (plural fics)

    1. (colloquial, slang) clipping of fanfic