fige

See also: figé and figę

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiʒ/

Verb

fige

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

Latin

Verb

fīge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fīgō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fygge, fyge, figge, fygue, ffige

Etymology

fige

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡ(ə)/

Noun

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.

Related terms

• figee
• figer
• figge tre

Descendants

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

References

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