figer

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French fegier, from Vulgar Latin *feticāre, ultimately from Latin ficatum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fi.ʒe/
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Verb

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figer

  1. to freeze
  2. to fix
  3. to congeal; to thicken; to clot
  4. (figuratively) to scare, frighten

Conjugation

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This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written fige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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figer

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular future subjunctive of fazer

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French figier, fiier, from Latin fīcārius (modern French figuier is remodelled after French figue).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fiˈɡeːr(ə)/, /ˈfiɡər(ə)/, /ˈfeːr(ə)/

Noun

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figer (plural fygers)

  1. A fig tree (a tree of the genus Ficus)

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