fyke

English

Three fykes at the Zuiderzeemuseum

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.

Noun

fyke (plural fykes)

1. (fishing) A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.

   Synonym: fyke net, fyke-net

Translations

type of fish-trap

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 长袋网

• Dutch: fuik (nl) m or f
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• Finnish: rysä (fi)
• German: Sacknetz n
• Polish: żak (pl) m
• Turkish: pinter (tr)

See also

• fike

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• fycz, fic, fike

Etymology

fyke

Inherited from Old English fīc, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːk(ə)/

Noun

fyke (plural fykes)

1. A fig (fruit of a fig tree)

Descendants

• English: fike

References

• “fīk(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fyke (present tense fyk, past tense fauk, past participle foke, present participle fykande, imperative fyk)

1. Alternative form of fyka