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Webster 1913 Edition
Fife
Fife
(fīf)
, Noun.
[F.
fifre
, OHG. pfīfa
, LL. pipa
pipe, pipare
to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire
, pipare
, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe
.] (Mus.)
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
Fife major
(Mil.)
, a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.
– Fife rail
. (Naut.)
(a)
A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc.
(b)
A railing around the break of a poop deck.
Fife
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fifed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
fifing
.] To play on a fife.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fife
FIFE
,Noun.
A small pipe, used as a wind instrument, chiefly in martial music with drums.
FIFE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2025
Fife
Fife
English
Proper noun
Fife
- A traditional county of Scotland now a Unitary Authority, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
- c. 1606, Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Act II, Scene 4, line 993:
- ROSS: Will you to Scone?
- MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.
- c. 1606, Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Act II, Scene 4, line 993:
Translations
county
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Anagrams
fife
fife
English
Noun
fife (plural fifes)
- A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
Translations
small shrill pipe
Verb
fife (third-person singular simple present fifes, present participle fifing, simple past and past participle fifed)
- To play this instrument.
Etymology 2
Numeral
fife
- Used instead of five in radio communications to avoid confusion.
See also
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfife/
Noun
fife
Declension
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | fifein | |
| abessive | fifettä | fifeittä | |
| comitative | — | fifeineen | |
Synonyms
- fife-huilu
- sveitsinhuilu