# fie
## English
### Alternative forms

* fy, fye

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophone: phi
* Rhymes: -aɪ

### Interjection

fie
* (archaic) Sometimes followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage.
** c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1:Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
** c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 89:Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.
** 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:"Fie upon them, forgetting their philosophy!"
** 1920 March, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff (quote sourced to Kim Soan), “Formosa the Beautiful”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 284–285:I pleaded with my companions to spare his life, and they said, ‘Fie! shame upon you! You have a Chinese heart.’ Then they turned upon me to kill me as well, so I withdrew my petition. After that they cut off the woodsman's head, and we returned home.
** 1922, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Introduction”, in Fantasia of the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 4:But the orthodox scientific world says fie! to the religious impulse. The scientist wants to discover a cause for everything.

#### Derived terms

* befie

#### Translations
### See also

* faugh
* fie away
* out upon

### Anagrams

* EFI, FEI, IEF, Ife, Fei

## French
### Verb

fie
* inflection of fier:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin fīlia. Compare Italian and Romansch figlia, Romanian fie, French fille.

### Noun

fie f (plural fiis)
* daughter

#### Synonyms

* frute

#### Related terms

* fi

## Galician
### Verb

fie
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fiar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Verb

fie
* Alternative form of fia, third-person singular future of fire

### Anagrams

* fei, ife

## Portuguese
### Verb

fie
* inflection of fiar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfi.e]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīat, third-person singular present passive subjunctive of fiō.

#### Verb

fie
* third-person singular present subjunctive of fi
    are să fie obosită când se revineshe's going to be tired when she returns
* third-person plural present subjunctive of fi
    vreau că ei să fie aici la opt exactI want them to be here exactly at eight

##### Derived terms

* fiecare

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin fīlia.

#### Noun

fie f (plural fii)
* (popular) daughter
    Synonyms: fiică, fată

##### Derived terms

* fiică

##### Related terms

* fiu

## Spanish
### Verb

fie
* first-person singular preterite indicative of fiar