fiche

fiche

[feesh]
noun

Origin:
by shortening

fiche, fish.
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fiche (fiːʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
microfiche See ultrafiche

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Fiche is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Word Origin & History

fiche
1949, from Fr. fiche "slip of paper, form," from O.Fr. fiche "point," from ficher "to fix, fasten," from V.L. *figicare, from L. figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix). Sense of "card, strip of film" is a shortening of microfiche (1950).
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