fika
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fika (usually uncountable, plural fikas)
- The practice of taking a break from daily activities or meeting with people to enjoy pastries and drinks, typically coffee.
- Synonym: coffee break
- 2015, Anna Brones, Johanna Kindvall, Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats, page 3:
- Fika can be done anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.
- 2016, Melissa Bahen, Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast: 70 Simple Recipes & Crafts for Everyday Celebrations, page 65:
- Fika is casual by nature, so there's no need to get fancy.
- 2018, Lynda Balslev, The Little Book of Fika: The Uplifting Daily Ritual of the Swedish Coffee Break, page 7:
- Today, fika is a necessary component to work-life balance.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fika.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Alternative forms
- f*ka (censored)
Pronunciation
Adjective
fika (accusative singular fikan, plural fikaj, accusative plural fikajn)
Faroese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, “ripe fig”); see fig for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
fika f (genitive singular fiku, plural fikur)
Declension
Declension of fika | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fika | fikan | fikur | fikurnar |
accusative | fiku | fikuna | fikur | fikurnar |
dative | fiku | fikuni | fikum | fikunum |
genitive | fiku | fikunnar | fika | fikanna |
Derived terms
Fijian
Noun
fika
Guianese Creole
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese ficar.
Verb
fika
Descendants
- Karipúna Creole French: fika
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
fika (plural fikák)
- (dialectal or informal) snot, booger (a piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril)
- Synonym: takony
- (dialectal) little child or young student
- (dialectal, archaic, derogatory) common soldier
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fika | fikák |
accusative | fikát | fikákat |
dative | fikának | fikáknak |
instrumental | fikával | fikákkal |
causal-final | fikáért | fikákért |
translative | fikává | fikákká |
terminative | fikáig | fikákig |
essive-formal | fikaként | fikákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fikában | fikákban |
superessive | fikán | fikákon |
adessive | fikánál | fikáknál |
illative | fikába | fikákba |
sublative | fikára | fikákra |
allative | fikához | fikákhoz |
elative | fikából | fikákból |
delative | fikáról | fikákról |
ablative | fikától | fikáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fikáé | fikáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fikáéi | fikákéi |
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | fikám | fikáim |
2nd person sing. | fikád | fikáid |
3rd person sing. | fikája | fikái |
1st person plural | fikánk | fikáink |
2nd person plural | fikátok | fikáitok |
3rd person plural | fikájuk | fikáik |
Derived terms
Luba-Kasai
Verb
fika
- to arrive
Further reading
- fika in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb
-fika
- to arrive
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fika f
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb
-fika
- to arrive
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Polish
Pronunciation
Verb
fika
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb
-fika
- to arrive
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Pronunciation
Verb
-fika (infinitive kufika)
- to arrive
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb
-fika
- to arrive
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
This sense is attested in writing from 1910.[1] One possible explanation is that the word is formed by backslang of the syllables in the dialectal word kaffi (“coffee”), from Dutch koffie or a similar source. Another possible etymology is that it is derived from the older verb fika (desire, crave - see etymology 2), in the sense of craving something sweet.
Noun
fika c or n
- having coffee, tea, saft (“cordial, squash”), or the like, usually with cookies, pastries, or other (sweet) snacks, usually with others, as a social activity
- 1991, Lars Pålsson Syll, Samhälleliga val, värde och exploatering. En ekonomisk-filosofisk kritik, page 90:
- Om Nils är koffeinist, kommer han att föredra fikan med mest kaffe, oberoende av hur många kakor som kan ingå i alternativen.
- If Nils is a caffeineist, he'll prefer the fika with the most coffee, independent of how many biscuits that may be included in the alternatives.
- a coffee (or tea, etc.) break, when taking a break to do the above
Usage notes
Sometimes at more or less fixed times of the day, for example mid-morning or mid-afternoon, similar to English afternoon tea.
Declension
Declension of fika | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fika | fikan | fikor | fikorna |
Genitive | fikas | fikans | fikors | fikornas |
Declension of fika | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fika | fikat | fikan | fikana |
Genitive | fikas | fikats | fikans | fikanas |
Derived terms
Verb
fika (present fikar, preterite fikade, supine fikat, imperative fika)
- to have fika; to have coffee
- De är det fikande folket.
- They are the people that enjoy fika.
- 2000, Arne Dahl, Upp till toppen av berget:
- Det var strax efter lunchtid, och man fikade för tredje gången denna torsdag.
- It was right after lunchtime, and one had fika for the third time this thursday.
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | fika | fikas | ||
Supine | fikat | fikats | ||
Imperative | fika | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | fiken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | fikar | fikade | fikas | fikades |
Ind. plural1 | fika | fikade | fikas | fikades |
Subjunctive2 | fike | fikade | fikes | fikades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | fikande | |||
Past participle | fikad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
References
- ^ fika in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
Etymology 2
Attested in writing from 1527. From Old Swedish fikia (“to hurry, to eagerly strive for”). Related to Danish fige, dialectal Norwegian fikia, Icelandic fíkjask. According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok, it might be related to the Norwegian verb fika (“to eagerly move ones arms back and forth”) and German ficken (“to rub”).[1]
Verb
fika (present fikar, preterite fikade, supine fikat, imperative fika)
- (archaic) to strive for, to work hard; to desire, often with the preposition efter
- att fika efter makt ― to strive for power
- 1917, “Ordspråksboken 28:20 [Book of Proverbs 28:20]”, in 1917 års kyrkobibel [Church Bible of 1917]:
- En redlig man får mycken välsignelse; men den som fikar efter att varda rik, kan bliver icke ostraffad.
- An honorable man get much blessing; but the one who strives to get rich, may not remain unpunished.
- (archaic) to hurry
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | fika | fikas | ||
Supine | fikat | fikats | ||
Imperative | fika | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | fiken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | fikar | fikade | fikas | fikades |
Ind. plural1 | fika | fikade | fikas | fikades |
Subjunctive2 | fike | fikade | fikes | fikades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | fikande | |||
Past participle | fikad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
References
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
fika
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb
-fika
- (intransitive) to arrive
- to come to
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb
-fika
- (intransitive) to arrive, to reach [with locative]
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “fika”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fika (6.3)”
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