Synonyms for fife

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fahyf

Phonetic Transcription : faɪf

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Définition of fife

Origin : 1550s, from German Pfeife "fife, pipe," from Old High German pfifa, or via Middle French fifre (15c.) from the same Old High German word; ultimately imitative. German musicians provided music for most European courts in those days. As a verb from 1590s. Agent noun fifer is recorded earlier (1530s). Fife and drum is from 1670s.

As in whistle : verb make sharp, shrill sound

Example sentences :

Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

We have a great many flutes and flageolets, but not often the sound of any fife.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

There were brass bands, drum and fife bands, and bands of bagpipes.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

They might have been read to an accompaniment of fife and drums.
Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

But is it not better than the simple drum and fife of a common training-day?
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various

He engaged Mr. Tooter to be there with his fife, and Mr. Noggin with his drum.
Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin

Robert Wilson was born in the parish of Carnbee, and county of Fife.
Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI » by Various

The Premier, who was said to have "run away" to Fife, after all had a "walk over."
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 » by Various

They were paid for, and went across the ferry to Fife again.
Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie

When Hugh and Inez went away, Fife was an important part of the luggage.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various

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