adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to such a genre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sci-fi
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: /saɪ.faɪ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪfaɪ
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CMU ARPABET: S AY2 F AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A genre of movies featuring mostly fictional scientific scenes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Syllabic abbreviation of science fiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Clipping of science fiction.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 科幻 (kēhuàn) — science fiction
- Finnish: scifi — science fiction
- French: S-F — science fiction
- French: science-fiction — science fiction
- Greek: ΕΦ (EF) — science fiction
- Hungarian: sci-fi — science fiction
- Italian: fantascienza — science fiction
- Russian: сай-фа́й (saj-fáj) — science fiction
- Scottish Gaelic: ficsean saidheans — science fiction
Real reading context