fi

fi U+FB01, fi LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FI ← ff [U+FB00] Alphabetic Presentation Forms fl → [U+FB02]

See also: Fi, FI, fi-, .fi, fi., fí, and Appendix:Variations of "fi"

Translingual

Symbol

fi

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

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fē, fī, IPA^(key): /fiː/, /faɪ/
• Rhymes: -iː, -aɪ
• Homophones: fee or fie

Etymology 1

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Noun

fi

1. (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Noun

fi (uncountable)

1. (in combination) Abbreviation of fidelity (e.g. in hi-fi, lo-fi, or wi-fi).
2. (in combination) Abbreviation of fiction (e.g. in sci-fi).

Related terms

• cli-fi
• psych-fi
• spy-fi

Etymology 3

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Preposition

fi

1. (Jamaica) Alternative form of to.
   • 2004, Deborah A. Thomas, Irene Silverblatt, Sonia Saldívar-Hul, Modern Blackness Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica:

     We shoulda try fi produce more and market the things we have better so we can buy the things we need fi buy

   • 2005, Sean Paul, “Temperature”:

     I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm

   • 2021, Maisy Card, These Ghosts Are Family, page 76:

     After the funeral you need fi find somewhere else fi live

See also

etymologically unrelated terms

• fee-fi-fo-fum
• fi fa
• fi-fi
• semper fi
• ych a fi

References

“fi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• IF, if

Bavarian

Preposition

fi

1. alternative form of fia

   Isch fi enk enkro Dialekt lai a Dialekt oddo an eigna Schprouche?

   Is your dialect just a dialect for you or is it a whole language?

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin filius.

Noun

fi m (plural fis)

1. son

Derived terms

• filleu
• fillôt