fi

Isch fi enk enkro Dialekt lai a Dialekt oddo an eigna Schprouche?

Is your dialect just a dialect for you or is it a whole language?


fi

Inherited from Latin fīnis. Compare Occitan fin, French fin, Italian fine.


fi

ca-adj

fi (feminine fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

fina (feminine)
fins (masculine plural)
fines (feminine plural)

From the same source as the above (with similar occurrences in most Romance languages), or less likely, possibly originally from fidus, which also gave Old Occitan fi, phonetically.


fi

Borrowed from Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).


fi

(music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.


fi

(in combination) Abbreviation of fidelity. (e.g. in hi-fi, lo-fi, or wi-fi)

(in combination) Abbreviation of fiction. (e.g. in sci-fi)


fi

We shoulda try fi produce more and market the things we have better so we can buy the things we need fi buy

2004, Deborah A. Thomas, Irene Silverblatt, Sonia Saldívar-Hul, Modern Blackness Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica:

I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm

2005, Sean Paul (lyrics and music), “Temperature”:

After the funeral you need fi find somewhere else fi live

2021, Maisy Card, These Ghosts Are Family, page 76:


fi

"Jes, mi frapis mian frateton kaj mi ne bedaŭras ĝin!" "Ho, fi!"

"Yes, I hit my little brother and I'm not sorry about it!" "Oh, for shame!"

Fi al vi!

LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-fi.wav

From French fi, Latin fī. Compare German pfui.


fi

(archaic, today only in compounds) son, child, offspring (of a human or an animal)

(archaic, today only in compounds) a smaller part of a building or a piece of furniture, cf. fiók (“drawer”)

fiak (plural)
fi (nominative singular)
fik (nominative plural)
fit (accusative singular)
fikat (accusative plural)
finak (dative singular)
fiknak (dative plural)
fival (instrumental singular)
fikkal (instrumental plural)
fiért (causal-final singular)
fikért (causal-final plural)
fivá (singular translative)
fikká (plural translative)
fiig (singular terminative)
fikig (plural terminative)
fiként (essive-formal singular)
fikként (essive-formal plural)
fiban (inessive singular)
fikban (inessive plural)
fin (singular superessive)
fikon (plural superessive)
finál (adessive singular)
fiknál (adessive plural)
fiba (illative singular)
fikba (illative plural)
fira (singular sublative)
fikra (plural sublative)
fihoz (allative singular)
fikhoz (allative plural)
fiból (elative singular)
fikból (elative plural)
firól (delative singular)
fikról (delative plural)
fitól (ablative singular)
fiktól (ablative plural)
fié (singular)
fiké (plural)
fiéi (singular)
fikéi (plural)
fi (nominative singular)
fiak (nominative plural)
fiat (accusative singular)
fiakat (accusative plural)
finak (dative singular)
fiaknak (dative plural)
fival (instrumental singular)
fiakkal (instrumental plural)
fiért (causal-final singular)
fiakért (causal-final plural)
fivá (singular translative)
fiakká (plural translative)
fiig (singular terminative)
fiakig (plural terminative)
fiként (essive-formal singular)
fiakként (essive-formal plural)
fiban (inessive singular)
fiakban (inessive plural)
fin (singular superessive)
fiakon (plural superessive)
finál (adessive singular)
fiaknál (adessive plural)
fiba (illative singular)
fiakba (illative plural)
fira (singular sublative)
fiakra (plural sublative)
fihoz (allative singular)
fiakhoz (allative plural)
fiból (elative singular)
fiakból (elative plural)
firól (delative singular)
fiakról (delative plural)
fitól (ablative singular)
fiaktól (ablative plural)
fié (singular)
fiaké (plural)
fiéi (singular)
fiakéi (plural)
fiam (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
fiaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
fiad (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
fiaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
fia (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
fiai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
fiunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
fiaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
fiatok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
fiaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
fiuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
fiaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
fim (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
fiaim (or fiim) (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
fid (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
fiaid (or fiid) (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
fija (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
fiai (or fii) (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
fink (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
fiaink (or fiink) (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
fitok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
fiaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
or fiitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
fijuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
fiaik (or fiik) (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


fi

(rare, literary) yuck, ugh, boo (expression of disgust or contempt, sometimes like a symbolic spitting)


fi

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

From Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).


fi

Mi head a hot mi. Yuh have supn can gimme fi it?

I have a headache. Can you give me something for the pain?

“A wanda how dem come fi tink dat di trial a di pastor is a fittin event fi a pikni witness. […]”

2016, Sylvia Gilfillian, The Road to Timnath: Di Ruod Tu Timnat (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN:

I asked myself how they could possibly think that the pastor's trial would be an appropriate event for children to see. […]

Wi wah fi know wah gwaan.

“Me look up to di platform and see about eight wooden chairs up deh. Me eyeball dem fi see which wan a dem me kuda move because some a dem carve outa solid wood and look well heavy. […]”

I looked up at the platform and saw about eight wooden chairs up there. I studied them to see which one I could move because some of them were made of solid wood and looked extremely heavy. […]

How dem fi do dat?

“How unnu fi walk an' nyam, an' litter di street?
Mi jus' cyaan andastan' how unno fi dweet. […]”

2018, Shelley Sykes-Coley, Chat ’Bout!: An Anthology of Jamaican Conversations (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN:

How can you walk and eat, and throw litter in the street?
I just can't understand how you can do it. […]

Im fi tap it. It a guh mash 'im up.

He/She should stop doing that. It's going to wreck him/her.

“Mi pickney unnu fi look n love nuff money
Horse pon track cah gallop without money […]”

2013, Selvin McRae, The Guilty Truth Revealed (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 108:

My children, you should seek and desire a lot of money
A horse on a track can't race without money […]


fi

The katakana syllable フィ (fi) in Hepburn-like romanization.


fi

Fi, fi fetet!

pah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of disgust

English: fy, fie

Esperanto: fi


fi

second-person singular present passive imperative of faciō


fi

ms-noun

fi (Jawi spelling في, plural fi-fi, informal 1st possessive fiku, 2nd possessive fimu, 3rd possessive finya)

في (Jawi)
fi-fi (plural)
fiku (first-person informal possessive)
fimu (possessive second-person)
finya (possessive third-person)


fi

Alternative form of f’: used before a consonant cluster


fi

Ea este frumoasă.

Aceasta este o casă.

(with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be

Îmi e frig.

I feel cold. (literally, “To me it is cold.”)

Îmi este rău.

(with a predicate adjective and an indirect object) to feel (to experience a certain condition)

Leapșa, tu ești!

ro-verb

a fi (third-person singular present este or e, past participle fost) 4th conjugation

a fi 4th conjugation (canonical)
este (present singular third-person)
e (present singular third-person)
fost (participle past)
a fi (infinitive)
fiind (gerund)
fost (participle past)
sunt (first-person indicative present singular)
ești (indicative present second-person singular)
este (indicative present singular third-person)
e (indicative present singular third-person)
suntem (first-person indicative plural present)
sunteți (indicative plural present second-person)
sunt (indicative plural present third-person)
eram (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
erai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
era (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
eram (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
erați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
erau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fusei (first-person indicative perfect singular)
fui (first-person indicative perfect singular)
fuseși (indicative perfect second-person singular)
fuși (indicative perfect second-person singular)
fuse (indicative perfect singular third-person)
fu (indicative perfect singular third-person)
fuserăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
furăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
fuserăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
furăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
fuseră (indicative perfect plural third-person)
fură (indicative perfect plural third-person)
fusesem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
fuseseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
fusese (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
fuseserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
fuseserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
fuseseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să fiu (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să fii (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să fie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să fim (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să fiți (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să fie (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fii (imperative second-person singular)
fiți (imperative plural second-person)
nu fi (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu fiți (imperative negative plural second-person)

Inherited from Latin sum. The citation form and the f- conjugations come from Vulgar Latin *fīre < Latin fierī (“become”). Compare Aromanian hiu.


fi

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Finnish.


fi

(archaic) at (often used with prices or dates)


fi

The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.


fi

ituka mefi

fete de fi

laia de fi

From Proto-North Halmahera *kahi (“skin”).


fi

The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.


fi

(auxiliary verb) to use something to do something else (must be used with another verb)