figue

French

Etymology

From Old French figue, borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin ficus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fiɡ/
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Noun

figue f (plural figues)

fig (fruit)

Descendants

→ Luxembourgish: Fig

Further reading

“figue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Displaced inherited fie.

Noun

figue f (oblique plural figues, nominative singular figue, nominative plural figues)

fig (fruit)

Descendants

Middle French: fige, figue
- French: figue
  - → Luxembourgish: Fig
- Walloon: fike
→ Middle English: fige, fygge
- English: fig
  - Tok Pisin: fik
  - → Chuukese: fik
  - → Maori: piki
- Scots: feg
→ Old High German: fīga
- Middle High German: vīge
  - German: Feige
  - Yiddish: פײַג‎ (fayg)

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