fig 1 (f g)n.1. a. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Ficus, especially F. carica, native to the Mediterranean region and widely cultivated for its edible multiple fruit. b. The sweet, hollow, pear-shaped, multiple fruit of this plant, having numerous tiny seedlike fruits. 2. a. Any of several plants bearing similar fruit. b. The fruit of such a plant. 3. A trivial or contemptible amount: not worth a fig; didn't care a fig.
[Middle English, from Old French figue, from Old Provençal figa, from Vulgar Latin *f ca, from Latin f cus.] |
fig 2 (f g)n.1. Dress; array: in full fig. 2. Physical condition; shape: in fine fig.
[Perhaps from fig, to trot out a horse in lively condition, dress up, variant of feague, to make a horse lively, probably from Dutch vegen, to brush, from Middle Dutch v ghen.] |
fig Noun 1. a soft sweet fruit full of tiny seeds, which grows on a tree 2. not care or give a fig not to care at all: he did not give a fig for his enemies [Latin ficus fig tree]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | fig - a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"illustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive | | 2. | fig - Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruitfig - fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried fig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature syconium - the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets | | 3. | FIG - a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafiact of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | | 4. | fig - fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or driededible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
Translations fign fig [fig]a type of soft pear-shaped fruit, often eaten dried. vy تين смокиня fík figne die Feige σύκο higo viigimari انجیر viikuna figue תְאֵנָה अंजीर smokva (plod) füge(fa) buah ara fíkja fico いちぢく 무화과 figa vīģe buah ara vijg fiken figa figo smochină инжир figa figa smokva fikon ต้นไม้หรือผลตระกูลมะเดื่อ ไทร และกร่าง incir 無花果 фіга, інжир انجیر ، ناشپاتی جیسا پھل quả vả; quả sung 无花果
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