ficus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fīcus (“fig”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaɪkəs/ Rhymes: -aɪkəs === Noun === ficus (plural ficuses) (botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica. ==== Derived terms ==== ficus tussock moth ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Sufic == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fīcus (“fig”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfi.kʏs/ Rhymes: -ikʏs === Noun === ficus m (plural ficussen, diminutive ficusje n) A fig; any plant belonging to the genus Ficus. Hyponyms: vijgenboom, wilde vijgenboom === Further reading === ficus on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Latin == === Etymology === Possibly adapted into Pre-Latin in the form *θūko- or *θīko- and likely related to Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon) and Old Armenian թուզ (tʻuz) through a Mediterranean substrate form *tʲuk- or the like. One possibility is a Semitic loanword. Compare Phoenician 𐤐𐤀𐤂 (pʾg, “half-ripe fig”), Hebrew פַּג (paḡ), פַּגָּה (paggâ, “unripe fig”), Classical Syriac ܦܵܓܵܐ (“unripe fig”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.kus] === Noun === fīcus m or f (genitive fīcī or fīcūs); variously declined, second declension, fourth declension fig tree fig (fruit) hemorrhoids ==== Declension ==== Even among Classical grammarians, the gender (masculine or feminine) and declension (second or fourth) were debated. Second-declension noun or fourth-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Unsorted borrowings: === References === === Further reading === “ficus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ficus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "ficus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ficus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “ficus”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ficus. === Noun === ficus m (plural ficuși) ficus ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfikus/ [ˈfi.kus] Rhymes: -ikus Syllabification: fi‧cus === Noun === ficus m (plural ficus) ficus === Further reading === “ficus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025