sci-fi

See also: scifi and sci fi

English

Alternative forms

• sci fi, scifi

Etymology

Clipping of science fiction.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /saɪ.faɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪfaɪ

Noun

sci-fi (uncountable)

1. A genre of movies featuring mostly fictional scientific scenes.
   • 1970, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (contributor), Films in Review‎^[1], volume 21, page 571:

     I'm the kind of sci-fi addict who can stand any amount of improbability, bad acting, uninterested direction and poverty-row budgets, but can't take The Mind of Mr. Soames.

   • 2015 August 13, Emmanuel Tsekleves, “Science fiction as fact: how desires drive discoveries”, in The Guardian‎^[2], archived from the original on 18 June 2016:

     Several sci-fi films and novels have very accurately predicted and paved the way for many of the pieces of technology we enjoy today.

2. (colloquial) Syllabic abbreviation of science fiction.

Adjective

sci-fi

1. Of or pertaining to such a genre.

Usage notes

• The expression sci-fi is sometimes disparaged by followers of science fiction, who may prefer SF if a short form is to be used.

Synonyms

• science fiction. science-fiction, sci-fix, sci-fic
• SF, S.F., S. F., sf, s.f.

Derived terms

• skiffy

Translations

science fiction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科幻 (zh) (kēhuàn)

• Czech: sci-fi (cs) f or n
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: scifi (fi)
• French: S-F f, science-fiction (fr) f
• Greek: ΕΦ (el) f (EF)
• Hungarian: sci-fi (hu)
• Italian: fantascienza (it) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: сай-фа́й (ru) m (saj-fáj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ficsean saidheans m

Anagrams

• fisci

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [st͡sɪ fɪ]

Noun

sci-fi f or n (indeclinable)

1. sci-fi (fiction in which advanced technology and/or science is a key element; also, a single work in this genre)

Further reading

• “sci-fi”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Hungarian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English sci-fi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskifi], [ˈst͡sifi], [ˈsifi]
• Hyphenation: sci-‧fi

Noun

sci-fi (countable and uncountable, plural sci-fik)

1. sci-fi (fiction in which advanced technology and/or science is a key element; also, a single work in this genre)

   Synonyms: tudományos-fantasztikus irodalom/műfaj/mű, (rare) tudományos fantasztikum

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	sci-fi	sci-fik
accusative	sci-fit	sci-fiket
dative	sci-finek	sci-fiknek
instrumental	sci-fivel	sci-fikkel
causal-final	sci-fiért	sci-fikért
translative	sci-fivé	sci-fikké
terminative	sci-fiig	sci-fikig
essive-formal	sci-fiként	sci-fikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sci-fiben	sci-fikben
superessive	sci-fin	sci-fiken
adessive	sci-finél	sci-fiknél
illative	sci-fibe	sci-fikbe
sublative	sci-fire	sci-fikre
allative	sci-fihez	sci-fikhez
elative	sci-fiből	sci-fikből
delative	sci-firől	sci-fikről
ablative	sci-fitől	sci-fiktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	sci-fié	sci-fiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	sci-fiéi	sci-fikéi

Possessive forms of sci-fi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sci-fim	sci-fijeim (or sci-fiim)
2nd person sing.	sci-fid	sci-fijeid (or sci-fiid)
3rd person sing.	sci-fije	sci-fijei (or sci-fii)
1st person plural	sci-fink	sci-fijeink (or sci-fiink)
2nd person plural	sci-fitek	sci-fijeitek (or sci-fiitek)
3rd person plural	sci-fijük	sci-fijeik (or sci-fiik)