"sci-fi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /saɪ.faɪ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sci-fi.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aɪfaɪ Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=sci-fi}} sci-fi (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial) Clipping of science fiction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable Alternative form of: science fiction Categories (topical): Genres, Science fiction Synonyms: science fiction. science-fiction, sci-fix, SF, S.F., S. F., sf, s.f., sci fi, scifi Derived forms: skiffy Translations (science fiction): 科幻 (kēhuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), scifi (Finnish), S-F [feminine] (French), science-fiction [feminine] (French), ΕΦ (EF) [feminine] (Greek), fantascienza [feminine] (Italian), сай-фа́й (saj-fáj) [masculine] (Russian), ficsean saidheans [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)

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