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fungi en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfʌŋɡiː/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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  • fŭngʹgī (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfʌnd͡ʒiː/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • fŭnʹjī (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).

Meanings

  1. Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of fungus
    form of fungus

Deriveds

fungisterol · fungivorous · fungicolous · fungi imperfecti · fungitarian · fungiproof

Synonyms

funguses · fungusses

fungi en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfuːnd͡ʒi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfuːnd͡ʒiː/ (Caribbean)
  • /ˈfund͡ʒi/ (General-American)

Etymology

See fungee. Sense 2 (“style of folk and popular music”) is apparently from the fact that the music is a blend of different musical instruments and styles, just as the dish (sense 1) is a blend of different flavours.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of fungee (“a cornmeal dish from the Caribbean, usually made with okra and served with salt fish, shellfish, or chicken”).
    alt of fungee
  2. (broadly, uncountable) A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of banjo, guitar, ukulele, and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.

Synonyms

scratch · quelbe

Translations (1)

pl fungi (style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands)