fig en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /fɪɡ/
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Etymology
From Middle English fige, fygge (also fyke, from Old English fīc, see fike), borrowed from Anglo-Norman figue, borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, literally “ripe fig”) (compare Biblical Hebrew פַּגָּה (paggâ, “early fallen fig”), Classical Syriac ܦܓܐ (paggāʾ), dialectal Arabic فَجّ (fajj), فِجّ (fijj)). (Another Semitic root (compare Akkadian 𒈠 (tīʾu, literally “fig”)) was borrowed into Ancient Greek as σῦκον (sûkon) (whence English sycophant; Boeotian τῦκον (tûkon)) and Armenian as թուզ (tʻuz).) The soap-making sense derives from the resemblance of the granulations in and texture of the soap to those of a fig. Doublet of fico.
Meanings
- The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
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A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:7:
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The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
About Rebecca and Jos he did not care a fig.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 6, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:J. senses the entente between Eva and me and doesn't like it one fig.
2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
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(Newfoundland, dated) A raisin (dried grape).
figgy duff - boiled pudding with raisins
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A small piece of tobacco.
“You may flog, and welcome, master,” said he, “if you'll give me a fig o' tibbacky.”
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 109:This was followed by his presenting his sable acquaintance with a fig of tobacco, whereupon, instead of thanking the donor in the usual way, the black signified his gratitude by throwing a spear at twenty or thirty yards' distance.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 289:
- A fico, a contemptuous gesture.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| figs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Indian fig · cluster fig · Roxburgh fig · devil's fig · sycomore fig · figwort · Benjamin fig · fig-leaf · cochineal fig · figginess · Eleme fig · fig-sew · figbird · figleaf · figgy · fig-eater · fig-leaved goosefoot · figless · figlet · mistletoe fig · give a fig · caprifig · sacred fig · not give a fig · fig wasp · figpecker · strangler fig · fig-leaved · figlike · fig roll · fig-dust · fig-leafed · fig-sue · goat fig · care a fig · fig-leaf gourd · fig parrot · vine and fig-tree · Hottentot fig · fig marigold · fig insect · FROG · fig leaf · flying fig · figtree · fig tree · Moreton Bay fig · fig-wart · creeping fig · natal fig · weeping fig
Descendants
Translations (320)
no fikentre (tree or shrub) · bn ডুমুর (fruit) · ga crann figí (tree or shrub) · vi sung (fruit) · he תְּאֵנָה (tree or shrub) · sh смо̏ква (tree or shrub) · hsb figa (fruit) · ka ლეღვის ხე (tree or shrub) · am በለስ (fruit) · cy ffigysbren (tree or shrub) · mg amontana (fruit) · yo ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ (tree or shrub) · vec figar (tree or shrub) · ary كرم (tree or shrub) · rm fig (fruit) · th มะเดื่อ (fruit) · hak 無花果 /无花果 (tree or shrub) · sc ficu (tree or shrub) · ti በለስ (tree or shrub) · ckb دار ھەنجیر (tree or shrub) · arz تينة (fruit) · qu igu (tree or shrub) · id buah ara (fruit) · ast figu (fruit) · ar تِين (tree or shrub) · tig በለስ (fruit) · ty mati (tree or shrub) · am በለስ (tree or shrub) · uk смо́ква (tree or shrub) · af vyeboom (tree or shrub) · nds Fieg (fruit) · vec figher (tree or shrub) · xh uluzi (fruit) · dlm fichiera (tree or shrub) · sa उडुम्बर (fruit) · ar بَلَس (tree or shrub) · el σύκο (fruit) · qu rinaku (tree or shrub) · tl igera (tree or shrub) · fur figâr (tree or shrub) · gv fig (fruit) · pt figo (fruit) · ks اۆنٛجوٗر (fruit) · cdo 無花果 /无花果 (tree or shrub) · tl igos (fruit) · uk інижи́рне де́рево (tree or shrub) · fro figue (fruit) · arz شجرة تين (tree or shrub) · es higuera (tree or shrub) · ro smochin (tree or shrub) · uk фі́га (fruit) · nl vijgenboom (tree or shrub) · la ficus (fruit) · pa ਅੰਜੀਰ (tree or shrub) · ang fīcæppel (fruit) · fy fiich (fruit) · grc συκέα (tree or shrub) · ga fige (fruit) · dlm faica (fruit) · xh uluzi (tree or shrub) · xmf ლუღი (fruit) · ar بَلَس (fruit) · ttt incil (fruit) · ota انجیر (fruit) · ru инжи́р (fruit) · ar تِين (fruit) · ext higu (fruit) · lad igera (tree or shrub) · srn figa (fruit) · et viigimari (fruit) · eu piku (fruit) · aii ܬܹܐܢܵܐ (fruit) · nci īcox (fruit) · to masi (tree or shrub) · xdq анжи́р (fruit) · sh smȍkva (fruit) · hu füge (fruit) · ja 無花果 (fruit) · hu fügefa (tree or shrub) · eo figo (fruit) · scn ficu (fruit) · hi अंजीर (tree or shrub) · zza ıncılor (tree or shrub) · ko 무화과나무 (tree or shrub) · ovd fika (fruit) · ru смо́ква (fruit) · la ficus (tree or shrub) · ce инжир (fruit) · jje 무와게 (fruit) · ny mkungudza (fruit) · is fíkja (fruit) · oc figa (fruit) · fr figue (fruit) · pa ਅੰਜੀਰ (fruit) · gu અંજીર (fruit) · id ara (tree or shrub) · kmr hejîr (tree or shrub) · pdt Fiej (fruit) · mg ara (tree or shrub) · eo figujo (tree or shrub) · gez በለስ (tree or shrub) · sq fik (fruit) · lmo figh (tree or shrub) · mg voara (tree or shrub) · uk фі́гове де́рево (tree or shrub) · an figo (fruit) · ab алаҳа́ (fruit) · eo figarbo (tree or shrub) · kmr hejîr (fruit) · ny nkhuyu (fruit) · wa fike (fruit) · da figentræ (tree or shrub) · io figo (fruit) · haw piku (tree or shrub) · sc figu (tree or shrub) · cmn 無花果 /无花果 (fruit) · ru фи́говое де́рево (tree or shrub) · hi अंजीर (fruit) · km ដើមល្វា (tree or shrub) · scn àrbulu dâ ficu (tree or shrub) · cs fíkovník (tree or shrub) · ota تین (fruit) · id buah tin (fruit) · ary كرمة (tree or shrub) · ms buah ara (fruit) · gu ઉંબરો (tree or shrub) · es breva (fruit) · io figiero (tree or shrub) · tl sisiyo (fruit) · arz تين (fruit) · mt tina (tree or shrub) · ha ɓaure (tree or shrub) · xdq анжи́р (tree or shrub) · tr incir (tree or shrub) · frs fîiğ (fruit) · fo fikutræ (tree or shrub) · mg voara (fruit) · rup hic (tree or shrub) · hak 無花果 /无花果 (fruit) · te అత్తిచెట్టు (tree or shrub) · sh smȍkva (tree or shrub) · ms buah tin (fruit) · es figo (fruit) · syl ꠒꠦꠃꠋꠞꠣ (tree or shrub) · sa उडुम्बर (tree or shrub) · ary كرموسة (fruit) · kn ಅಂಜೂರ (fruit) · oc figuièra (tree or shrub) · ang fīc (tree or shrub) · it fico (fruit) · ja 映日果 (tree or shrub) · stq Fiege (fruit) · ko 무화과 (tree or shrub) · nap fica (fruit) · uz anjir (fruit) · shi ⵜⴰⵣⴰⵔⵜ (fruit) · ks أنٛجیٖر (fruit) · vo figep (tree or shrub) · ru фи́га (fruit) · zu ikhuwu (fruit) · sw mtini (tree or shrub) · cmn 無花果 /无花果 (tree or shrub) · ka ლეღვი (fruit) · kn ಅಂಜೂರ (tree or shrub) · hy թզենի (tree or shrub) · ml അത്തിപ്പഴം (fruit) · fa انجیر (tree or shrub) · zdj tini (fruit) · ny mkuyu (tree or shrub) · vi sung (tree or shrub) · kmr darhejîr (tree or shrub) · et viigipuu (tree or shrub) · xal инҗр (fruit) · fi viikuna (fruit) · got 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (tree or shrub) · sl figa (fruit) · fa انجیر (fruit) · se fiikon (fruit) · az əncir ağacı (tree or shrub) · syl ꠒꠦꠃꠋꠞꠣ (fruit) · tl sisiyo (tree or shrub) · got 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (fruit) · nan-hbl 無花果 /无花果 (tree or shrub) · ja 無花果 (tree or shrub) · cs fík (fruit) · sa अञ्जीर (tree or shrub) · ru инжи́рное де́рево (tree or shrub) · ary كرموس (fruit) · grc σῦκον (fruit) · ota انجیر آغاجی (tree or shrub) · yue 無花果 /无花果 (tree or shrub) · shi ⵜⴰⵣⴰⵔⵜ (tree or shrub) · nv hashkʼaan (fruit) · it fico (tree or shrub) · sv fikon (tree or shrub) · sm mati (tree or shrub) · nan-hbl 無花果 /无花果 (fruit) · tg анҷир (fruit) · hy թուզ (fruit) · nan-hbl 映日果 (fruit) · ru смоко́вница (tree or shrub) · bg смокиня (tree or shrub) · jje 무와게낭 (tree or shrub) · yka igira (fruit) · tig በለስ (tree or shrub) · nan-hbl 優曇花 /优昙花 (fruit) · pl fikus (tree or shrub) · as ডিমৰু (tree or shrub) · sk figa (fruit) · az incir (fruit) · sv fikus (tree or shrub) · fi viikunapuu (tree or shrub) · fo fika (fruit) · rup hicã (roa-rup) (fruit) · sa अञ्जीर (fruit) · fi viikuna (tree or shrub) · te అత్తి పండు (fruit) · ang fīcbēam (tree or shrub) · pl figa (tree or shrub) · nan-hbl 文仙果 (fruit) · ms ara (tree or shrub) · lad igo (fruit) · ms tin (tree or shrub) · lt figa (fruit) · mi piki (tree or shrub) · aii ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ ܕܬܹܐܢܵܐ (tree or shrub) · scn macchia dâ ficu (tree or shrub) · ti በለስ (fruit) · sv fikon (fruit) · bg смокиня (fruit) · so tiin (fruit) · lv vīģe (fruit) · egy d-A-b- (fruit) · mwl figo (fruit) · tl labni (tree or shrub) · cdo 無花果 /无花果 (fruit) · nn fiken (fruit) · es higo (fruit) · nb fiken (fruit) · tpi fik (tree or shrub) · yi פֿײַג (fruit) · ckb ھەنجیر (fruit) · th มะเดื่อ (tree or shrub) · de Feigenbaum (tree or shrub) · wa fikî (tree or shrub) · ang fīctrēow (tree or shrub) · wo xël (fruit) · tly inci (fruit) · avd اینجیل (fruit) · eu pikondo (tree or shrub) · nl vijg (fruit) · lb Fig (fruit) · de Feige (fruit) · yue 無花果 /无花果 (fruit) · he תְּאֵנָה (fruit) · scn ficara (tree or shrub) · zu ikhiwane (fruit) · uk інжи́р (fruit) · lmo fich (tree or shrub) · ang fīc (fruit) · ta அத்தி (tree or shrub) · ta அத்தி (fruit) · sv fikonträd (tree or shrub) · nrf fidgi (tree or shrub) · lo ໝາກເດື່ອ (fruit) · lij fîgo (fruit) · hi रक्तफल (fruit) · mr अंजीर (fruit) · sh смо̏ква (fruit) · frr fich (fruit) · ko 무화과 (fruit) · akk 𒈠 (tree or shrub) · ml അത്തി (tree or shrub) · sw tini (fruit) · vo fig (fruit) · ja 映日果 (fruit) · lzz ლუღი (fruit) · et viik (fruit) · uk смоківни́ця (tree or shrub) · pt figueira (tree or shrub) · lt fikusas (tree or shrub) · az incir ağacı (tree or shrub) · rif tazart (fruit) · km ផ្លែល្វា (fruit) · zza hêjire (diq) (fruit) · ha ɓaure (fruit) · vec figo (fruit) · ht fig frans (fruit) · gl figueira (tree or shrub) · el συκιά (tree or shrub) · vo figabim (tree or shrub) · ca figa (fruit) · mk смоква (fruit) · cy ffigysen (fruit) · gl figo (fruit) · cs fík (tree or shrub) · pl figa (fruit) · mi piki (fruit) · fr figuier (tree or shrub) · tr incir (fruit) · da figen (fruit) · ast figal (tree or shrub) · az əncir (fruit) · frr Fiig (fruit) · fur fîc (fruit) · ca figuera (tree or shrub) · pl figowiec (tree or shrub) · hi रक्तफल (tree or shrub) · gez በለስ (fruit) · ro smochină (fruit) · sk figovník (tree or shrub) · lo ໝາກເດື່ອ (tree or shrub) · vec figaro (tree or shrub) · zza incil (fruit) · rif tazart (tree or shrub) · mt tina (fruit) · nci īcoxcuahuitl (tree or shrub) · mg aviavy (fruit) · as ডিমৰু (fruit) · akk 𒈠 (fruit)