FY Definition

fī
abbreviation
Fiscal year.
Webster's New World
suffix
Cause to become; make.
Basify.
American Heritage
affix
To make; cause to be or become.
Liquefy.
Webster's New World
To cause to have or feel; imbue with.
Glorify.
Webster's New World
To become.
Putrefy.
Webster's New World
interjection
(archaic) Expressing disapproval.
Wiktionary
verb

(obsolete) To digest.

Wiktionary

Origin of FY

  • Middle English -fien from Old French -fier from Latin -ficāre, -ficārī from -ficus -fic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ME fyen, -fien < OFr -fier < L -ficare < facere, to make, do: see fact

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • From Latin fi ‘pooh!’.

    From Wiktionary

  • Aphetized from defy.

    From Wiktionary

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