fig
意味
- いちじくの木(実)
- 《a~》《話》《通例否定文に用いて》取るに足らないもの
例文
The figs in the bag haven't been washed yet.
袋の中のイチジクはまだ洗ってないよ。
The figs on the market are too expensive.
市場で売ってるイチジクは高すぎるよ。
He doesn't give a fig about money.
彼は金のことはちっとも気にしていない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English fige, fygge (also fyke, from Old English fīc, see fike), borrowed from Anglo-Norman figue, borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, literally “ripe fig”) (compare Biblical Hebrew פַּגָּה (paggâ, “early fallen fig”), Classical Syriac ܦܓܐ (paggāʾ), dialectal Arabic فَجّ (fajj), فِجّ (fijj)).
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