figue

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French figue, borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin ficus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fiɡ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

une figue

figue f (plural figues)

  1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Luxembourgish: Fig
  • Haitian Creole: fig

Further reading[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Displaced inherited fie.

Noun[edit]

figue oblique singularf (oblique plural figues, nominative singular figue, nominative plural figues)

  1. fig (fruit)

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle French: fige, figue
  • Middle English: fige (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: fīga (see there for further descendants)