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fief.

fief

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/fjɛf/
  1. fief

    masculine
  2. stronghold (district where a particular political party is usually assured of victory)

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French fief, borrowed from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum, from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Cognate with Old High German fihu (“cattle, neat”), Old English feoh (“cattle, property, money”). More at fee.

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