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Is fief a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fief is a Scrabble US word. The word fief is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

F4I1E1F4

Is fief a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fief is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

F4I1E1F4

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4-letter words (2 found)

FIEF,FIFE,

3-letter words (3 found)

EFF,FIE,IFF,

2-letter words (3 found)

EF,FE,IF,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 9 words from fief according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fief

fief ifef feif efif ieff eiff fife iffe ffie ffie iffe fife fefi effi ffei ffei effi fefi ieff eiff ifef fief efif feif

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fief. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fief.

Definitions and meaning of fief

fief

Etymology

From Middle French fief, from Old French fief, from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (whence also Old French fieu, fied), from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Doublet of fee and feud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːf/
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

fief (countable and uncountable, plural fiefs)

  1. (law, historical) Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
  2. (figurative) Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.
  3. (figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.

Synonyms

  • fee

Hyponyms

  • manor, seigniory, mesnalty, knight's fee

Derived terms

  • fiefdom
  • in fief

Related terms

  • enfeoff
  • feoff
  • feoffee

Translations

See also

  • Fief in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • Fife, fife

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɛf/

Noun

fief m (plural fiefs)

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

Related terms

  • fieffer

Descendants

  • → Romanian: fief

References

Further reading

  • “fief”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German Low German

Numeral

fief

  1. Alternative form of fiev; five (5)

Coordinate terms

See also

  • Plautdietsch: fief

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fief.

Noun

fief n (plural fiefuri)

  1. fief

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org