/fi.ʃy/
Translation
(informal) done for, ruined; blasted, wretched
Word origin
The past participle of ficher in its colloquial sense ('to stick, to shove'), a popular reworking of fixer, from Latin figere ('to fix, to fasten'). The same root gives English 'fix' and 'affix'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- figere
- English cognates
- fix, affix, fixture
Grammar
Examples
, ' .
My phone is done for, it will not turn on any more.
cette , .
With this rain, the day is ruined.
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He has a wretched temper.
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Shift that blasted box for me, we cannot get past any more.
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The engine had been done for a long time.
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