Fife Definition

fīf
fifed, fifes, fifing
noun
A small flute having from six to eight finger holes, and usually no keys, used mainly with drums in playing marches.
Webster's New World
verb
To play on a fife.
Webster's New World
To perform (a piece or tune) on or as if on a fife.
American Heritage
pronoun

A traditional county of Scotland now a Unitary Authority, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.

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Other Word Forms of Fife

Noun

Singular:
fife
Plural:
fifes

Origin of Fife

  • Probably German Pfeife from Middle High German pfīfe from Old High German pfīffa from Vulgar Latin pīpa from Latin pīpāre to chirp

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

  • From German Pfeife.

    From Wiktionary

Fife Sentence Examples

  • The new castle, an uninteresting building, was erected in 1724 by the earl of Fife, and though untenanted is maintained in repair.

  • It dates from 1817 and bears the name of its founder, James Duff, 4th earl of Fife.

  • Mary entered Edinburgh and conducted a campaign in Fife.

  • Duff House, immediately adjoining the town, is a seat of the duke of Fife.

  • It belongs to the earl of Moray (Murray), who derives from it his title of Lord Doune, and was the home of James Stewart, the "bonnie earl" of Moray, murdered at Donibristle in Fife by the earl of Huntly (1592).

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