How do you use the word "fig" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "fig" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "fig": Jesus said, "You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree." I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.

Fig Meaning

/fɪɡ/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.

nounA fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.

Sentence Examples

Jesus said, "You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree."

I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.

It's too bad the college dining hall doesn't have fig cookies.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

figure

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

He picked a ripe, purple ____ from the tree, sweet and ready to eat.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The fresh ____ was sweet and juicy, making it a perfect addition to the afternoon cheese platter.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English fige, fygge (also fyke, from Old English fīc, see fike), borrowed from Anglo-Norman figue, borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, literally “ripe fig”) (compare Biblical Hebrew פַּגָּה (paggâ, “early fallen fig”), Classical Syriac ܦܓܐ (paggāʾ), dialectal Arabic فَجّ (fajj), فِجّ (fijj)). (Another Semitic root (compare Akkadian 𒈠 (tīʾu, literally “fig”)) was borrowed into Ancient Greek as σῦκον (sûkon) (whence English sycophant; Boeotian τῦκον (tûkon)) and Armenian as թուզ (tʻuz).) The soap-making sense derives from the resemblance of the granulations in and texture of the soap to those of a fig. Doublet of fico.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:7:

"I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!" — 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

"About Rebecca and Jos he did not care a fig." — 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 6, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

"J. senses the entente between Eva and me and doesn't like it one fig." — 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:

"“You may flog, and welcome, master,” said he, “if you'll give me a fig o' tibbacky.”" — 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 109:

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