fico

See also: Fico, FICO, ficó, fico-, and -fico

English

Etymology

From Italian fico (“a fig”), from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fig.

A fico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪkəʊ/

Noun

fico (plural ficoes)

1. (archaic) a fig; an insignificant trifle
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     a fico for the phrase.

2. (archaic) a sign of contempt made with the fingers
   • 1894, Stanley John Weyman, “XXI. Among the Wounded”, in My Lady Rotha:

     As for these chicken-hearted tremblers,' he continued, squinting askance at our companions, 'a fico for them!

References

• “fico”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• coif, foci

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfi.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfi.ko]

Verb

fico

1. first-person singular present indicative of ficar

Galician

Verb

fico

1. first-person singular present indicative of ficar

Italian

Fico (fruit)

Fico (tree)

Etymology 1

From Latin ficus.

Noun

fico m (plural fichi, diminutive fichìno, augmentative ficóne, pejorative ficàccio, derogatory ficùccio)

1. fig (fresh fruit and tree)

Derived terms

• fichereto
• ficheto
• fichino
• fico d'India
• fico secco
• ficosecco
• foglia di fico

 

Related terms

• fegato
• fica

 

Etymology 2

From Romanesco fico, desuffixation of ficaccio, popular corruption of efficace. Often connected to fica, but this has been shown to be wrong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ko/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: fì‧co

Noun

fico m (plural fichi, diminutive fichìno, augmentative ficóne, pejorative ficàccio, derogatory ficùccio)

1. (slang) cool guy, bit of alright

Adjective

fico (feminine fica, masculine plural fichi, feminine plural fiche, superlative fichissimo)

1. (slang) great, cool (admirable)

   Synonym: (Northern Italy) figo

Further reading

Accademia della Crusca

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.koː/, [ˈfiːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ko/, [ˈfiːko]

Noun

fīcō

1. dative/ablative singular of fīcus

References

• fico in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ku/

Verb

fico

1. first-person singular present indicative of ficar

   Fico feliz em ajudar. ― I am happy to help.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiko/ [ˈfi.ko]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification: fi‧co

Verb

fico

1. first-person singular present indicative of ficar

West Makian

Etymology

From fi- +‎ co (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸi.ˈt͡ʃo/

Verb

fico

1. (transitive) to look at
2. (transitive) to keep an eye on

Conjugation

Conjugation of fico (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tefico	mefico	afico
2nd person		nefico	fefico
3rd person	inanimate	ifico	defico
	animate
imperative		nifico, fico	fifico, fico

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics