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ficher.

to plug in (to drive something in by its point, as with a nail or a stake)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/fi.ʃe/
  1. to plug in (to drive something in by its point, as with a nail or a stake)

    transitive
    ficher un clou
  2. to file, to record, to track

    transitive
    un individu fiché s
  3. to not care

    euphemistic · reflexive
    Je m'en fiche !
  4. to make fun

    informal · reflexive
  5. to do, to be up to

    informal
    Qu'est-ce que tu fiches ?
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French ficher, from Old French fichier, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“fasten, fix”). The "give a damn" sense is a minced oath of foutre (“to fuck”).

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