flic
/flɪk/noun
flic is a noun meaning “A data file containing computer animations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-I-C, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Flic, the name). The plural of flic is flics.
What does flic mean?
noun
- 1
A data file containing computer animations.
- 2
informalslangA French policeman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flic?
- US /flɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-flic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flic
- flics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flic?
Flic appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Flic, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with flic
Sounds like: flick (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does flic come from?
From flick in the cinematographic sense.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).