FYI

English

Initialism

FYI

1. For your information.
   • 1948, "Don Burke, chief of TIME Inc.'s Cairo bureau," Time , 14 Jun.,

     At the close of a recent cable describing the recovery of his censor-held photographs of the fighting in the Holy Land, LIFE Photographer John Phillips added the casual postscript: "FYI, Burke narrowly escaped death outside Jerusalem a few days ago."

Translations

For Your Information

Arabic: لمعلوماتك (ar) (li ma'loomatik) m. and f. Chinese: Mandarin: 供您参考 (zh)

Dutch: ter informatie (nl) French: pour information (fr), pour info (fr) Russian: к вашему сведению (ru) Spanish: para tu información (es), (Usted form) para su información (es)

Usage notes

• Although its usage long predates the internet and text messaging, FYI is now probably used most frequently in electronic communications.

Anagrams

• yif