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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fig1 /fɪg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya tree or shrub of the mulberry family that bears fruit that can be eaten.
- Plant Biologythe pear-shaped fruit of such a tree or shrub.
fig., an abbreviation of:- figurative.
- figuratively.
- figure.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fig1 (fig),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany tree or shrub belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, esp. a small tree, F. carica, native to southwestern Asia, bearing a turbinate or pear-shaped fruit that is eaten fresh, preserved, or dried.
- Plant Biologythe fruit of such a tree or shrub, or of any related species.
- Plant Biologyany of various plants having a fruit somewhat resembling this.
- a contemptibly trifling or worthless amount;
the least bit:His help wasn't worth a fig. - a gesture of contempt.
- Vulgar Latin *fīca, for Latin fīcus
- Old Provencal figa
- Old French
- Middle English fige 1175–1225
- dress or array:to appear at a party in full fig.
- condition:to feel in fine fig.
- German fegen to furbish, sweep, clean; akin to fair1
- earlier feague to liven, whip up 1685–95
- figurative.
- figuratively.
- figure;
figures.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fig /fɪɡ/ n - any moraceous tree or shrub of the tropical and subtropical genus Ficus, in which the flowers are borne inside a pear-shaped receptacle
- the fruit of any of these trees, esp of F. carica, which develops from the receptacle and has sweet flesh containing numerous seedlike structures
- (used with a negative) something of negligible value; jot: I don't care a fig for your opinion
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French figue, from Old Provençal figa, from Latin fīcus fig tree Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fig. abbreviation for - figurative(ly)
- figure
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