fic

See also: ficc and fîc

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fanatic

English fancyinflu.

English fan

English fiction

English fan fiction

English fanfic

English fic

Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

1. (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.

Derived terms

• actorfic
• altfic
• angstfic
• babyfic
• badfic
• bandfic
• Buffyfic
• cancerfic
• casefic
• clopfic
• comfortfic
• crack fic
• crapfic
• curtainfic
• darkfic
• deathfic
• Doggettfic
• gamefic
• genfic
• goodfic
• hetfic
• holidayfic
• humorfic
• issuefic
• jokefic
• kinkfic
• litfic
• metafic
• Moffic
• netfic
• podfic
• Potterfic
• profic
• rapefic
• sadfic
• Scullyfic
• Senfic
• shipfic
• shockfic
• shortfic
• sickfic
• sillyfic
• slashfic
• slavefic
• smutfic
• Snapefic
• songfic
• spamfic
• Spenderfic
• transfic
• Trekfic
• trollfic
• Twific
• uberfic
• wingfic
• Xfic
• zinefic

Anagrams

• CFI, CIF, FCI, ICF, IFC

Albanian

Etymology

From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, “to become fat”), Proto-Slavic *spěti (“to ripen”).

Verb

fic (aorist fica, participle ficur)

1. to make soft

Related terms

• butë

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fīcus (“fig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfik]

Noun

fic m (plural fics)

1. wart

   Synonym: berruga

2. Alpine buckthorn

   Synonym: púdol

Related terms

• figa

Further reading

• “fic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Noun

fic

1. Alternative form of fyke

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fīk, *fīgā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːk/

Noun

fīc m

1. a fig or fig tree
2. piles, hemorrhoids

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fīc	fīcas
accusative	fīc	fīcas
genitive	fīces	fīca
dative	fīce	fīcum

Derived terms

• fīcādl
• fīcæppel
• fīcbēam
• fīclēaf
• fīctrēow

Descendants

• Middle English: fike, fyke
  • English: fike, fig

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ke/

• Homophone: fique

Noun

fic f (plural fics)

1. (colloquial, slang) Clipping of fanfic.