fic

See also: ficc and fîc

English

Etymology

A shortening of fanfic, itself a shortening of fan fiction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪk/

Noun

fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

  1. (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.

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Albanian

Etymology

From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, to become fat), Slavic *spěti 'to ripen'[1].

Verb

fic (first-person singular past tense fica, participle ficur)

  1. to make soft

References

  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.96

Middle English

Noun

fic

  1. Alternative form of fyke

Old English

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːk/

Noun

fīc m

  1. a fig or fig tree
  2. piles, hemorrhoids

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