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Fife
//ˈfaɪf// name, noun, num, verb
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Proper Noun
- 1 A traditional county of Scotland succeeded by Fife Region in 1975, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
"Ross: Will you to Scone? Macduff: No, cousin, I'll to Fife."
- 2 A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- 3 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, named after Fife in Scotland.
- 4 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, named after the owner of the village site.
- 5 A place in the United States:; A city in Pierce County, Washington, possibly named after William J. Fife.
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- 6 A surname.
Noun
- 1 A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
- 2 a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band wordnet
Numeral
- 1 Used instead of five in radio communications, especially NATO and ICAO, to avoid confusion with fire or nine.
"“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."
Verb
- 1 To play this instrument.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From German Pfeife (“whistle, smoking pipe”). Doublet of pipe.
Etymology 2
From German Pfeife (“whistle, smoking pipe”). Doublet of pipe.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Fìobha, said to date back to the eponym Fib, one of the seven sons of the legendary Pictish king Cruithne. Possibly related to the Uip attested in the Pictish kings lists, in turn possibly related to the Latin Vepogenus, in which the first element is the Proto-Brythonic predecessor of Welsh gwep (“face”).
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