fife

[Probably German Pfeife, from Middle High German pfīfe, from Old High German pfīffa, from Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pīpāre, to chirp.]

A small flute with a high, piercing tone, used mainly in military bands.

Fife is a council area in Scotland.

Things

• A type of musical instrument; see: fife (musical instrument)
• FIFE, or FIFe, the abbreviation for the Fédération Internationale Féline
• Fife is also the word used for the number 5 in the NATO phonetic alphabet. It is pronounced as such, to distinguish it from the number 9.
• An open source game engine: Flexible Isometric Free Engine (fifengine.de)
• Barney Fife, a character on The Andy Griffith Show portrayed by Don Knotts

Fife is not to be confused with fief, a feudal estate.

Places

• Fife, Georgia, United States of America
• Fife Lake, Michigan, United States of America
• Fife Lake Township, Michigan, United States of America
• Fife, Montana, Cascade County, Montana, United States of America
• Fife, North Dakota, United States of America
• Fife, Texas, United States of America
• Fife, Virginia, United States of America
• Fife, Washington, United States of America
• Fife, Zambia, in Zambia

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pibe, lille fløjte
v. tr. - pibe, fløjte
v. intr. - spille på pibe

Nederlands (Dutch)
fluit, fluitspelen

Français (French)
n. - fifre
v. tr. - jouer du fifre
v. intr. - jouer du fifre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pfeife
v. - pfeifen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) πίφερο, φλογέρα
v. - (μουσ.) παίζω φλογέρα

Italiano (Italian)
piffero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pífano (m) (Mus.)
v. - tocar pífano

Русский (Russian)
маленькая флейта

Español (Spanish)
n. - flauta, pífano
v. tr. - tocar la flauta
v. intr. - tocar la flauta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pickolaflöjt
v. - spela flöjt, spela på flöjt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
横笛, 用横笛吹奏, 吹横笛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 橫笛
v. tr. - 用橫笛吹奏
v. intr. - 吹橫笛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 플롯과 같은 관악기
v. tr. - ~를 파이프로 불다
v. intr. - 파이프를 불다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 横笛

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الناي : آله موسيقيه (فعل) يعزف على الناي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חליל, מחלל‬
v. tr. - ‮חילל בחליל‬
v. intr. - ‮חילל בחליל‬

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