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FI

Date "FI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

"FI" is a common misspelling or typo for: fend, fest, fid, firms, flax, if, phi.


Specialty Definition: FI

DomainDefinition

Computing

Fi The country code for Finland. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Literature

Fi or ~~~Fie!
Fie! An exclamation indicating that what is reproved is dirty or indecent. The dung of many animals, as the boar, wolf, fox, marten, and badger, is called fiants, and the "orificium anale" is called a fi, a word still used in Lincolnshire. (Anglo-Norman, fay, to clean out; Saxon, afylan, to foul: our defile or file, to make foul; filth, etc.)
The old words, fie-corn (dross corn), fi-lands (unenclosed lands), fi-mashings (the dung of any wild beast), etc., are compounds of the same word.
"I had another process against the dungfarmer, Master Fifl." - Rabelais: Pantagruel, book ii. 17. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FI

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FI

DanishRepublikken FinlandGeography

FI

DutchRepubliek FinlandGeography

FI

EnglishFarmers InsuranceN/A

FI

FinnishSuomiGeography

FI

FrenchFinlandeGeography

FI

GermanFinnlandGeography

FI

GreekΦινλανδίαGeography

FI

ItalianRepubblica di FinlandiaGeography

FI

PortugueseFinlândiaGeography

FI

SpanishFinlandiaGeography

FI

SwedishRepubliken FinlandN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: FI

Specialty definitions using "FI": Fi. Fa.. (references)
Non-English Usage: "FI" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Catalan (aim, conclusion, end, ending, goal, purpose, target), Dutch (phi), Esperanto (shame), Portuguese (phi), Romanian (be, come, cost, exist, go, happen, keep, lie, make, occur, stand), Spanish (Phi), Swedish (Phi), Welsh (I, me), Wolof (here).

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Modern Usage: FI

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Semper fi. (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr)

You'll be fi - (A Walk to Remember; writing credit: Karen Janszen)

Lyrics

Yes a whole eep a pretty boy wah fi love me (Shy Guy; performing artist: Diana King)

Percolate anything you wan fi call it (Get Busy; performing artist: SEAN PAUL)

Want a girl fi love mi up hug mi up give it to me right (Freaky Girl; performing artist: Shaggy)

Movie/TV Titles

Gharam fi al-Karnak (1967)

Lika fi tadmur (1966)

Gharam fi Stambul (1966)

Abu Salim fi Afriquia (1965)

Al Bedawia fi Roma (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: FI

DomainTitle

References

  • FI System: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Harf al-jarr "fi" fi Surat al-Baqarah : adah min adawat al-maani (reference)

  • Adze fi hamu (reference)

  • A guide to 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti's history of Egypt : 'Aja'ib al-Athar fi 'l-Tarajim wa'l-Akhbar (reference)

  • 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti's history of Egypt : 'Aja'ib al-Athar fi 'l-Tarajim wa'l-Akhbar (reference)

  • General Assembly: Official Records 41st Session. Supplement No. 5F Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme. Financial Report and Audited Fi (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: FI

Illustrations:
FI

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Computer Images:
FI

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Photo Album: FI

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Fi, la laide! / Pigal. Lith. de Langlumé. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. A 37 mm. gun crew, part of a U.S. Army tank force in New Guinea, fires at an objective at Buna Mission. Empty shells, heaped hurriedly in the foreground, indicate intensity of fi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "FI".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Tuning in; science fiction; sci fi; .Video game; laser gun; science fiction; sci fi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: FI

"FI" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 63.94% of the time. "FI" is used about 208 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Unclassified Items63.94%13327,614
Noun (proper)14.9%3162,296
Noun (plural)7.21%1590,616
Noun (singular)7.21%1590,616
Adjective (general or positive)6.73%1493,893
                    Total100.00%208N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: FI

CountryName
France

FI System

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: FI

Expressions using "FI": hi fi semper fi. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "FI": Fi-fi, fi-xing.

Ending with "FI": sci-fi.

Containing "FI": hi-fi set, hi-fi system, hi-fi unit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FI

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sci fi

1,410

abdominal abdominal ad bicycle bike buttock buy cheap chest diet diet discount elliptical equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment equipment exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise exercise fast female fitness fitness fitness fitness fitness fi

42

wi fi

1,362

chaine fi hi

40

sci fi channel

1,115

fi hi impianto

37

american hi fi

687

wi fi antenna

34

fi do

446

teva terra fi

34

hi fi

353

fi partenaires

33

semper fi

333

equipo fi hi

33

buy hi fi

177

fi hot spot wi

31

fi hi magnolia

177

fi verizon wi

31

hi fi buy amphitheater

167

audio hi fi

30

center fi hi

101

corporation fi hi

30

movie sci fi

93

fi hi loudspeaker

29

sci fi art

92

fi sci stargate

29

american hi fi lyrics

76

sci fi picture

28

hi fi system

70

fi hi jb

28

sci fi wallpaper

64

fi psychic sci

28

1997 fi hit sci

63

fi hotspots wi

28

what hi fi

63

1997 fi movie sci

28

sci fi network

51

fi si

26

sci fi convention

43

sci fi com

26
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FI

Language Translations for "FI"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

hifi (hi fi). (various references)

   

Danish

  

Hi-Fi (hifi, hi-fi, high fidelity). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hi-fi (hi-fi, high fidelity). (various references)

   

German

  

science-fiction (science fiction, sci-fi), Hi-Fi (hi-fi, high fidelity). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"יי פיי (hi fi). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hifi (hi fi). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fantascienza (science fiction, sci-fi), alta fedelt (high fidelity). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

フィールド競技 (face, face sheet, face value, face-card, face-off, fade, fade ball, fade-in, fade-out, fatal, Federation Internationale de Nation Amateur cup, fiance, fiction, field events, fielder's choice, fifty-fifty, figurative, figure, figure skating, Fiji, filament, filaria, filibuster, fill, fill-in, film, film library, film net, filter, filter-bank, filtering, fin, FINA cup, finale, finger, finger bowl, fingering, finish, Finland, fiscal policy, fish, fish meal, fishing, fit, fitness, fitness shoes, fitting, fitting room, fix, fixed, fixer, fjord, FO, phase, Philadelphia, philanthropy, philharmonic, philharmonie, Philippines, Philips, philosophy, physical, physical protection, questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile, vinyl drainpipe with fins). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

フェードイン (fade-in). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ifay

   

Portuguese

  

ficção científica (science fiction, sci-fi). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

научная фантастика (science fiction, sci-fi). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

hi fi (hi fi). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de alta fidelidad (hi fi), ciencia ficción (science fiction, sci-fi), alta fidelidad (hi-fi, high fidelity, high-fidelity). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hi-fi (hi fi, high fidelity). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

volümü yüksek (hi fi), iyi ses veren (hi fi), doğala en yakın ses veren (hi fi, high fidelity). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: FI

Derivations

Words beginning with "FI": fiacre, fiacres, fiance, fiancee, fiancees, fiances, fianchetti, fianchetto, fianchettoed, fianchettoing, fianchettos, fiar, fiars, fiaschi, fiasco, fiascoes, fiascos, fiat, fiats, fib, fibbed, fibber, fibbers, fibbing, fiber, fiberboard, fiberboards, fibered, fiberfill, fiberfills, fiberglass, fiberglassed, fiberglasses, fiberglassing, fiberization, fiberizations, fiberize, fiberized, fiberizes, fiberizing, fiberoptic, fiberoptics, fibers, fiberscope, fiberscopes, fibranne, fibrannes, fibre, fibreboard, fibreboards, fibrefill. (additional references)

Words ending with "FI": buffi, defi. (additional references)

Words containing "FI": acetification, acetifications, acetified, acetifies, acidification, acidifications, acidified, acidifier, acidifiers, acidifies, aerified, aerifies, affiance, affianced, affiances, affiancing, affiant, affiants, affiche, affiches, afficionado, afficionados, affidavit, affidavits, affiliate, affiliated, affiliates, affiliating, affiliation, affiliations, affinal, affine, affined, affinely, affines, affinities, affinity, affirm, affirmable, affirmance, affirmances, affirmation, affirmations, affirmative, affirmatively, affirmatives, affirmed, affirmer, affirmers, affirming, affirms. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: FI

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: if.

 Words containing the letters "f-i"
 

+1 letter: fib, fid, fie, fig, fil, fin, fir, fit, fix, fiz, iff, ifs, kif, rif.

 

+2 letters: alif, biff, coif, cuif, defi, fail, fain, fair, fiar, fiat, fibs, fice, fico, fido, fids, fief, fife, figs, fila, file, fill, film, filo, fils, find, fine, fink, fino, fins, fire, firm, firn, firs, fisc, fish, fist, fits, five, fixt, fizz, flic, flip, flit, foci, foil, foin, frig, frit, friz, fuci, fuji, gift, iffy, info, jiff, kaif, kief, kifs, lief, life, lift, miff, naif, neif, pfui, reif, rife, riff, rifs, rift, seif, sift, tiff, waif, wife.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Sounds
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Company Usage
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Derivations
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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