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Fife

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈfaɪf

Definitions

  1. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
  2. A traditional county of Scotland succeeded by Fife Region in 1975, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
  3. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. An unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, named after Fife in Scotland.
  6. An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, named after the owner of the village site.
  7. A city in Pierce County, Washington, possibly named after William J. Fife.
  8. A surname.

Equivalents

Españolpífano
FrançaisFifefifre
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العربيةفايف
Cymraegchwibanogl
Ελληνικάαυλός
Հայերենթութակ
日本語横笛
Русскийдудка
Tagalogtipano

Examples

Ross: Will you to Scone? Macduff: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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