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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φῖ (fi, “the letter Φ”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfio/
• Hyphenation: fi‧o

Noun

fio (plural fioj, accusative singular fion, accusative plural fiojn)

1. phi

Italian

Noun

fio m (plural fii)

1. retribution
2. penalty

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Latin

Etymology

Passive form of faciō ("to do"). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bheu- (being). Compare the construction of -bo (i.e. amabo, placebo, nocebo).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈfiː.oː/

Verb

present active fīō, present infinitive fierī, perfect active factus sum. (semi-deponent)

1. I become, am made
2. I happen
3. I take place

Inflection

    Third Conjugation Semi-Deponent fīō-variation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fīō	fīs	fit	fīmus	fītis	fīunt
	future	fīam	fīēs	fīet	fīēmus	fīētis	fīent
	imperfect	fīēbam	fīēbās	fīēbat	fīēbāmus	fīēbātis	fīebant
	perfect	Use factus m, facta f, factum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use factus m, facta f, factum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use factus m, facta f, factum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fīam	fīās	fīat	fīāmus	fīātis	fīant
	imperfect	fierem	fierēs	fieret	fierēmus	fierētis	fierent
	perfect	Use factus m, facta f, factum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use factus m, facta f, factum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	fī	fītō	fītō	—	—	—
	plural	fīte	fītōte	—	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fierī	factus esse	factum īrī	—	—	—
participles		—	factus -a, -um	—	—	—	—

Verb

fiō

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of faciō

Related terms

• faciō
• fīat lux

Descendants

• Aromanian: escu (in part)
• English: fiat
• Romanian: fi (in part)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin filum.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfiu/

Noun

fio m (plural fios)

1. chain
2. thread
3. string
4. wire

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Romansch

Noun

fio m (plural fios)

1. (anatomy, Puter) liver

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) gnirom
• (Surmiran) nirom
• (Puter) gniram
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) dir
• (Surmiran) deir

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Spanish

Verb

fio (infinitive fiar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) preterite indicative form of fiar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) preterite indicative form of fiar.