name
Meaning 1
A stereotypical given name for a dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Fido
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈfaɪ.dəʊ/
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General-American: /ˈfaɪ.doʊ/
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rhymes with -aɪdəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: F AY1 D OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Clipping of FidoNet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
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name
Meaning 3
Initialism of Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 4
Initialism of Fast IDentity Online (Alliance), an industry association launched to develop and promote authentication standards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: computer security
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noun
Meaning 5
A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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noun
Meaning 6
Acronym of flight dynamics officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology
From Spanish or Italian fido from Latin fīdus (“faithful”). Popularly claimed to be directly from Latin fīdō (“to trust, rely on”) instead of the Romance intermediary, but this might be folk etymology. The stereotypical dog's name is evidently very old; a newspaper from 1760 cites, "[a] small white Greyhound with a Collar, answers to the Name of Fido."
An acronym of the words freaks, irregulars, defects, oddities, from the 1960s.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: Musti — representative given name for a dog
- French: Médor — representative given name for a dog
- French: Rex — representative given name for a dog
- Portuguese: Totó — representative given name for a dog
- Russian: Ша́рик (Šárik) — representative given name for a dog
- Russian: Бо́бик (Bóbik) — representative given name for a dog
- Russian: Ту́зик (Túzik) — representative given name for a dog
- Russian: Рекс (Reks) — representative given name for a dog
- Russian: Полка́н (Polkán) — representative given name for a dog
- Russian: Барбо́с (Barbós) — representative given name for a dog
- Spanish: Firuláis — representative given name for a dog
- Welsh: Pero — representative given name for a dog
- Welsh: Tango — representative given name for a dog
- Welsh: Carlo — representative given name for a dog
- Welsh: Smot — representative given name for a dog
- Finnish: lyöntivirhe — incorrectly minted coin
- German: Fehlprägung — incorrectly minted coin