fic
English
Etymology
A shortening of fanfic, itself a shortening of fan fiction.
Pronunciation
Noun
fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)
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Albanian
Etymology
From an unattested *fij, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, “to become fat”), Proto-Slavic *spěti (“to ripen”).[1]
Verb
fic (aorist fica, participle ficur)
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
Middle English
Noun
fic
- Alternative form of fyke
Old English
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.
Pronunciation
Noun
fīc m
- a fig or fig tree
- piles, hemorrhoids
Declension
Declension of fīc (strong a-stem)
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