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Definitions: Fetich |
FetichNoun1. A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers. 2. Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fetich" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1907. (references) |
Synonyms: FetichSynonyms: fetish (n), hoodoo (n), juju (n), voodoo (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Idolatry | Idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath, lares et penates; Baal. |
Spell | Talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fetich |
| English words defined with "fetich": A greegree man ♦ Fetich snake, Fetishistic. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fetich": Factitious. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Fetich" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fetich" is used about 3 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "fetich": Fetich snake. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "fetich"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | фетиш (fetiche, fetish, medicine, obi). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | etichfay фетиш (fetiche, fetish). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fetich": fetiches, fetichism, fetichisms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-h-i-t" | |
-1 letter: chief, ethic, fetch, fiche, fitch, thief. | |
-2 letters: chef, chit, cite, etch, etic, fice, heft, itch. | |
-3 letters: chi, eft, eth, feh, fet, fie, fit, het, hic, hie, hit, ice, ich, the, tic, tie. | |
-4 letters: ef, eh, et, he, hi, if, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-h-i-t" | |
+1 letter: fitchee, fitches, fitchet, fitchew. | |
+2 letters: chiefest, fetching, fetiches, fitchets, fitchews, flichter, flitched, flitches. | |
+3 letters: catfishes, chaffiest, chieftain, chuffiest, fetichism, fletching, flichters, lightface, whiteface. | |
+4 letters: catchflies, chieftains, cuttlefish, fetchingly, fetichisms, fianchetti, fianchetto, fletchings, flichtered, lightfaced, lightfaces, pitcherful, ultrafiche, whitefaces. | |
+5 letters: chieftaincy, feldspathic, fetishistic, fianchettos, flichtering, pitcherfuls, pitchersful, pitchforked, spaceflight, stockfishes, ultrafiches. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 65 74 69 63 68 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. . - .. -.-. .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F e t i c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0065 0074 0069 0063 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)407186756974 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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