fi
French, interjection/fi/
fi is spelled F-I (2 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,674th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fi is a French interjection meaning “faugh, fie, bah, pooh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pour exprimer le mépris, la répugnance, le dégoût qu’inspire quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.
What does fi mean in English?
interjection
- 1
archaicfaugh, fie, bah, pooh
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Déformation du mot fils.
interjection: 1. Pour exprimer le mépris, la répugnance, le dégoût qu’inspire quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
noun: 1. Abréviation de facteur d’impact.
noun: 1. Fils dans le langage biblique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fi
- fîs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fi?
- /fi/
- \fi\
- [fi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fi in French?
fi appears 21 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).