figue

French

Etymology

Inherited 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

une figue

figue f (plural figues)

fig (fruit)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Luxembourgish: Fig
→ Haitian Creole: fig

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

fig (fruit)

Descendants

Middle French: fige, figue
- French: figue
  - → Luxembourgish: Fig
  - → Haitian Creole: fig
- Walloon: fike
→ Middle English: fige (see there for further descendants)
→ Old High German: fīga (see there for further descendants)

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