Standard Lemma guide

fie

intj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /faɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: phi
  • rhymes with -aɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: F IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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Meaning 1

Sometimes followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English fy, from Old French fi, from Latin fī. (with a possible additional influence from Old Norse). Compare Swedish fy.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 惡心 /恶心 (ěxin) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 呸 (pēi) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啐 (cuì) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哎呀 (āiyā) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哎 (āi) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唉 (ài) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Dutch: vij — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Dutch: foei — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Esperanto: fi — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Finnish: hyi — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • French: beurk — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • French: fi — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • West-Frisian: fij — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • German: pfui — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Hebrew: פוי (fuy) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Hebrew: פויה (fuya) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Hebrew: טפו (tfu) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Hebrew: טפי (tfi) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Hebrew: טפו עליך — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Hebrew: טפי עליך — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Hungarian: fuj — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Italian: vergogna — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Japanese: げ (ge) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Japanese: ゲ (ge) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Japanese: げっ (ge) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Japanese: ゲッ (ge) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Persian: شه (šoh) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Persian: تفو (tofu) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Persian: ویک (vik) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Polish: tfu — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Portuguese: vergonha — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Romanian: rușine — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Russian: тьфу (tʹfu) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Russian: фу́-ты (fú-ty) — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Scottish Gaelic: ab — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Scottish Gaelic: abab — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Scottish Gaelic: puth-uth — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage
  • Swedish: fy — used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage