figo

English

Noun

figo (plural figos)

1. Alternative form of fico.
   • 1832, Geoffrey Crayon (Washington Irving), “The Governor and the Notary”, in Tales of the Alhambra‎, revised edition, published 1851:

     A figo for the governor, and a figo for his flag.

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ficus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡo/
• Syllabification: fi‧go
• Rhymes: -iɡo

Noun

figo

1. fig

Esperanto

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figo

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Hyphenation: fi‧go

Noun

figo (accusative singular figon, plural figoj, accusative plural figojn)

1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms

• figarbo, figujo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese figo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree, fig (fruit)”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡo/ [ˈfi.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈfiɡo/ [ˈfi.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈfiħo/ [ˈfi.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -iɡo

• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Rhymes: -iħo

• Hyphenation: fi‧go

Noun

figo m (plural figos)

1. fig (tree)

   Synonym: figueira

   • 1299, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 431:

     dedes cadã ãnno a esse moesteyro polos figos que agora son feytos et pola froyta que y fezerdes d'aqui endeante hun capon por dia de san Martino

     you must give each year to this monastery, because of the figs made there and of the fruit you could make henceforth, a capon by the day of Saint Martin

2. fig (fruit)
   • 1366, M .Lucas Alvarez, M. & P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media, Santiago: Caixa Galicia, page 520:

     non daredes de prexegos, nen de figos

     you will not give peaches nor figs

Coordinate terms

• breva

Derived terms

• figo chumbo
• figo lampo
• figo santiaguiño
• figo vendimiño

Related terms

• cabrafigo
• figueira
• papafigo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “figo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “figo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “figo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “figo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “figo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto figo, English fig, French figue, German Feige, Italian fico, Russian фи́га (fíga), Spanish higo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡo/

Noun

figo (plural figi)

1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms

• figiereyo (“fig garden”)
• figiero (“fig (tree)”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Hyphenation: fì‧go

Adjective

figo (feminine figa, masculine plural fighi, feminine plural fighe, superlative fighissimo)

1. (slang, northern Italy) alternative form of fico; great, cool, bit of alright

Noun

figo m (plural fighi)

1. (slang) alternative form of fico; cool guy, sexy and/or virile man