fico

See also: FICO, ficó, fico-, and -fico

English

Etymology

From Italian fico (“a fig”), from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fig.

A fico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪkəʊ/

Noun

fico (plural ficoes)

1. (archaic) a fig; an insignificant trifle
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act 1, scene 3]:

     a fico for the phrase.

2. (archaic) a sign of contempt made with the fingers

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fico in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• coif, foci

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ku/

Verb

fico

1. first-person singular present indicative form of ficar

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Italian

Fico (fruit)

Fico (tree)

Etymology

From Latin fīcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ko/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iko

Adjective

fico (feminine fica, masculine plural fichi, feminine plural fiche, superlative fichissimo)

1. (slang) great, cool (admirable)

   Synonym: (Northern Italy) figo

Noun

fico m (plural fichi)

1. fig (fresh fruit and tree)
2. (slang) cool guy, bit of alright

Usage notes

• The slang term becomes figo in Northern Italy.

Derived terms

• fichereto
• ficheto
• fichino
• fico d'India
• ficone
• ficosecco
• fico secco
• foglia di fico

 

Related terms

• fegato
• fica

 

Anagrams

• foci

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.koː/, [ˈfiːkoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ko/, [ˈfiːkɔ]

Noun

fīcō

1. dative/ablative singular of fīcus

References

• fico in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ku/, [ˈfi.ku]

Verb

fico

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of ficar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiko/, [ˈfi.ko]

Verb

fico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ficar.