fif

Abbreviation of fifille

• IPA^(key): /fif/

fif m (plural fifs)

1. (Quebec, slang, derogatory) an effeminate male homosexual; poof; faggot

• tapette

• “fif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old Frisian fīf.

IPA^(key): /fɪf/

fif

1. (Sylt, cardinal) five

From Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

• IPA^(key): /fiːf/

fīf

1. five

• fīffeald
• fīftiġ

• fīfta

• Middle English: five, fife, fif, vif, fyve
  • English: five
  • Scots: five, fif, fife, fyve

From Proto-Germanic *fimf.

fīf

1. five

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring, Wiedingharde: fiiw

  Helgoland: fiuw

  Sylt: fif

• Saterland Frisian: fieuw
• West Frisian: fiif

From Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

fīf

1. five

• Middle Low German: vîf
  • German Low German: fiev
  • Plautdietsch: fief