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4-letter words (2 found)

FIDO,FOID,

3-letter words (3 found)

DIF,DOF,FID,

2-letter words (8 found)

DI,DO,ID,IF,IO,OD,OF,OI,

You can make 13 words from fido according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fido

fido ifdo fdio dfio idfo difo fiod ifod foid ofid iofd oifd fdoi dfoi fodi ofdi dofi odfi idof diof iodf oidf doif odif

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Definitions and meaning of fido

fido

Etymology

An acronym of the words freaks, irregulars, defects, oddities, from the 1960s.

Noun

fido (plural fidos)

  1. (numismatics) A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.

Translations

Anagrams

  • I'd of, foid

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfido]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: fi‧do

Noun

fido (uncountable, accusative fidon)

  1. faith, trust

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.do/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: fì‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīdus (loyal).

Adjective

fido (feminine fida, masculine plural fidi, feminine plural fide)

  1. faithful, loyal
Related terms

Etymology 2

Deverbal from fidare (trust) +‎ -o.

Noun

fido m (plural fidi)

  1. (banking) a credit concession

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fidare

Further reading

  • fido in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • fido in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • fìdo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfiː.doː/, [ˈfiːd̪oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.do/, [ˈfiːd̪o]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *feiðō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (to trust), from the root *bʰeydʰ-.

Cognate to fidēs (faith) and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

Verb

fīdō (present infinitive fīdere, perfect active fīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

  1. to trust, put confidence in
    Synonyms: confido, credo
    Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō
  2. to rely upon
Conjugation

Old forms:

  • indicative future active: fīdēbō (This may hint to a second conjugation variation.)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • fidēlis
Descendants

Reflexes of an assumed variant *fīdāre:

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: fidare
    • Sicilian: fidari
      • Maltese: fada
  • North Italian:
    • Friulian: fiâ
    • Old Lombard: fiar
    • Romansch: fidar, fider
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: fiar
    • French: fier
    • Gascon: hidar
    • Occitan: fisar
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: fiar
      • Galician: fiar
      • Portuguese: fiar
    • Spanish: fiar

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fīdō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fīdus

References

  • fido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fīdus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfido/ [ˈfi.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: fi‧do

Adjective

fido (feminine fida, masculine plural fidos, feminine plural fidas)

  1. faithful, loyal

Further reading

  • “fido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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