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fife

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See also: Fife and Fifer

English

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A fife

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From German Pfeife (whistle, smoking pipe). Doublet of pipe.

Noun

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fife (plural fifes)

  1. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
Derived terms
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Translations
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Verb

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fife (third-person singular simple present fifes, present participle fifing, simple past and past participle fifed)

  1. To play this instrument.

Etymology 2

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Numeral

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fife

  1. Used instead of five in radio communications, especially NATO and ICAO, to avoid confusion with fire.
    • 1963, Arthur C Clarke, chapter 6, in Glidepath, New York: Simon and Schuster, page 66:
      “Change course to two fife zero and reduce height to fifteen hundred feet.” That “fife,” thought Alan, sounded very affected; but it had a good survival value in a noisy background.

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English fife.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfife/, [ˈfife̞]
  • Rhymes: -ife
  • Hyphenation(key): fi‧fe

Noun

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fife

  1. (music) fife

Declension

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Inflection of fife (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative fife fifet
genitive fifen fifejen
partitive fifeä fifejä
illative fifeen fifeihin
singular plural
nominative fife fifet
accusative nom. fife fifet
gen. fifen
genitive fifen fifejen
partitive fifeä fifejä
inessive fifessä fifeissä
elative fifestä fifeistä
illative fifeen fifeihin
adessive fifellä fifeillä
ablative fifeltä fifeiltä
allative fifelle fifeille
essive fifenä fifeinä
translative fifeksi fifeiksi
abessive fifettä fifeittä
instructive fifein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of fife (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fifeni fifeni
accusative nom. fifeni fifeni
gen. fifeni
genitive fifeni fifejeni
partitive fifeäni fifejäni
inessive fifessäni fifeissäni
elative fifestäni fifeistäni
illative fifeeni fifeihini
adessive fifelläni fifeilläni
ablative fifeltäni fifeiltäni
allative fifelleni fifeilleni
essive fifenäni fifeinäni
translative fifekseni fifeikseni
abessive fifettäni fifeittäni
instructive
comitative fifeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fifesi fifesi
accusative nom. fifesi fifesi
gen. fifesi
genitive fifesi fifejesi
partitive fifeäsi fifejäsi
inessive fifessäsi fifeissäsi
elative fifestäsi fifeistäsi
illative fifeesi fifeihisi
adessive fifelläsi fifeilläsi
ablative fifeltäsi fifeiltäsi
allative fifellesi fifeillesi
essive fifenäsi fifeinäsi
translative fifeksesi fifeiksesi
abessive fifettäsi fifeittäsi
instructive
comitative fifeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fifemme fifemme
accusative nom. fifemme fifemme
gen. fifemme
genitive fifemme fifejemme
partitive fifeämme fifejämme
inessive fifessämme fifeissämme
elative fifestämme fifeistämme
illative fifeemme fifeihimme
adessive fifellämme fifeillämme
ablative fifeltämme fifeiltämme
allative fifellemme fifeillemme
essive fifenämme fifeinämme
translative fifeksemme fifeiksemme
abessive fifettämme fifeittämme
instructive
comitative fifeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fifenne fifenne
accusative nom. fifenne fifenne
gen. fifenne
genitive fifenne fifejenne
partitive fifeänne fifejänne
inessive fifessänne fifeissänne
elative fifestänne fifeistänne
illative fifeenne fifeihinne
adessive fifellänne fifeillänne
ablative fifeltänne fifeiltänne
allative fifellenne fifeillenne
essive fifenänne fifeinänne
translative fifeksenne fifeiksenne
abessive fifettänne fifeittänne
instructive
comitative fifeinenne

Synonyms

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Italian

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Noun

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fife f

  1. plural of fifa