See also: figé and figę

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fige

  1. inflection of figer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Verb

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fīge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fīgō

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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fige

Borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fyke.

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Noun

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fige (plural figes)

  1. A fig tree (tree of the genus Ficus)
  2. A fig (fruit of a fig tree)
  3. (rare) A kind of boil or sore.
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Descendants

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  • English: fig
    • Tok Pisin: fik
    • Chuukese: fik
    • Maori: piki
  • Scots: feg
  • Welsh: ffigys (from the plural form)

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