fichu
pronunciation
How to pronounce fichu in British English:
UK ['fi:ʃu:]
How to pronounce fichu in American English:
US ['fɪʃu]
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- Noun:
- a lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman
Word Origin
- fichu
- fichu: see fix
- fichu (n.)
- "scarf, neckerchief, small, triangular piece forming part of a woman's dress," 1803, from French fichu (18c. in this sense), apparently a noun use of the adjective fichu "carelessly thrown on," from Latin figere "to fasten" (see fix (v.)). "[M]od. substitution for a coarser word" [Weekley].