fif

See also: FIF, fìf, and fîf

Translingual

Symbol

fif

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Faifi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Faifi terms

Danish

Etymology

From German Pfiff (“whistling sound”).

Noun

fif n (singular definite fiffet, plural indefinite fif)

1. trick (clever way of doing something that makes it easier to reach a goal)

   Synonyms: fidus, kneb, trick

French

Etymology

Clipping of fifille or fifi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fif/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [fɪf]

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Noun

fif m (plural fifs)

1. (Quebec, slang, derogatory) an effeminate male homosexual; poof; faggot

Related terms

• tapette

Further reading

• “fif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Jamaican Creole

Jamaican Creole numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: faib, faiv     Ordinal: fif

Etymology

Inherited from English fifth.

Adjective

fif

1. fifth

Further reading

• fif at majstro.com
• “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project‎^[1], 2015, Glossary‎^[2]

North Frisian

North Frisian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fif     Ordinal : fifst

Alternative forms

• fiiw (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian fīf.

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [fɪf]

Numeral

fif

1. (Sylt) five

Old Dutch

Old Dutch cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : fif

Alternative forms

• vīf

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fimf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːf/, /fĩːf/

Numeral

fīf

1. five

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vijf
  • Dutch: vijf
    • Afrikaans: vyf
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: faifu, fefu
    • Javindo: fijf
    • Jersey Dutch: vāif
    • Negerhollands: fyf, fev, veif
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: faif
    • Sranan Tongo: feifi
      • Aukan: feifi
    • → Trió: peihpë
  • Limburgish: vief

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: fīf     Ordinal: fīfta     Age: fīfwintre     Multiplier: fīffeald

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fimf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːf/
• Rhymes: -iːf

Numeral

fīf

1. five
   • c. 800–900 CE, George Herzfeld, Ph.D., ed. and transl., An Old English Martyrology (Early English Text Society original series 116), London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., published 1900, page 14:

     Ond on þone ylcan dæġ Crīst ġerēorde fīf þūsenda wera of fīf hlāfum ond of twām fisċum, ēac wīfum ond ċildum, þāra wæs unġerīm, ond þāra hlāfġebroca wæs tō lāfe twelf binna fulle.

     And on the same day, Christ fed five thousand men and numerous women and children with five loaves of bread and two fishes, and the remaining fragments of bread filled twelve baskets.

Usage notes

• This numeral was sometimes inflected for case, but could also be indeclinable.

Declension

Declension of fīf

	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fīfe	fīfe, fīfu
accusative
genitive	fīfa
dative	fīfum

Derived terms

• fīffeald
• fīftiġ

Related terms

• fīfta

Descendants

• Middle English: fyf, fif, fife, vif
  • English: five
  • Middle Scots: fyfe, fyve, fywe
    • Scots: five
  • Yola: veeve

Old Frisian

Old Frisian numbers ^(edit)

←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: fif

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fimf. Cognates include Old English fīf, Old Saxon fīf and Old Dutch vīf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːf/

Numeral

fīf

1. five

Descendants

• North Frisian: fiiw (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring), fif (Sylt), fiuw (Heligoland)
• Saterland Frisian: fieuw
• West Frisian: fiif

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : fif

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fimf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːf/, /fĩːf/

Numeral

fīf

1. five

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vîf
  • Low German: fief
    • German Low German: fief, fiew, fiev, (Low Prussian) fîf, fîw
    • Dutch Low Saxon: vief, fief, füiwe, vieve, vuuf
      • → Dutch: vief, fief, vieve, vuuf
  • Plautdietsch: fief