fic

See also: ficc and fîc

English

Etymology

Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪk/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

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

Derived terms

• badfic
• comfortfic
• crack fic
• deathfic
• gamefic
• holidayfic
• litfic
• slashfic
• trollfic
• wingfic

 

Anagrams

• CFI, CIF, FCI, ICF, IFC

Albanian

Etymology

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

Verb

fic (first-person singular past tense fica, participle ficur)

1. to make soft

Related terms

• butë

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fīcus (“fig”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfik/

Noun

fic m (plural fics)

1. wart

   Synonym: berruga

2. Alpine buckthorn

   Synonym: púdol

Related terms

• figa

Further reading

• “fic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “fic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Noun

fic

1. Alternative form of fyke

Old English

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːk/

Noun

fīc m

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

Declension

Declension of fic (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fīc	fīcas
accusative	fīc	fīcas
genitive	fīces	fīca
dative	fīce	fīcum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fīcādl
• fīcæppel
• fīcbēam
• fīclēaf
• fīctrēow

Descendants

• Middle English: fike, fyke
  • English: fike, fig