FYI

See also fyi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛfwaɪˈaɪ
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Initialism

FYI

1. Initialism of 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 (cmn)

• Dutch: ter informatie (nl)
• French: pour information (fr), pour info (fr)
• German: zu deiner Information (de), zu Ihrer Information (de)

• Hungarian: tájékoztatásul (hu)
• Persian: جهت اطلاع (fa) (jahat-e ettelâ')
• Russian: к вашему сведению (ru) (k vašemu svedeniju)
• Spanish: para tu información (es), (Usted form) para su información (es)
• Turkish: bilginize (tr), bilgilerinize (tr)

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

• yif