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

figue f (plural figues)

1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms

• figue de Barbarie
• mi-figue mi-raisin

Descendants

• → Luxembourgish: Fig
• Haitian Creole: fig (“banana”)
  • ⇒ Haitian Creole: fig frans (“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)

1. fig (fruit)

Descendants

• Middle French: fige, figue
  • French: figue
    • → Luxembourgish: Fig
    • Haitian Creole: fig (“banana”)
      • ⇒ Haitian Creole: fig frans (“fig”)
  • Walloon: fike
• → Middle English: fige (see there for further descendants)
• → Old High German: fīga (see there for further descendants)