English-Thai Dictionary

fife

N ขลุ่ย ขนาดเล็ก  flute whistle klui-ka-nad-lek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIFE

n.[L. pipio, to pip or peep, as a chicken. The word may have received its name from a hollow stalk, or from its sound. ] A small pipe, used as a wind instrument, chiefly in martial music with drums.

 

FIFE

v.t.To play on a fife.

 

FIFER

n.One who plays on a fife.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FIFE

Fife, n. Etym: [F. fifre, OHG. pfifa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe. ] (Mus. )

 

Defn: A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. Fife major (Mil. ), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment. -- Fife rail. (Naut. ) (a ) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b ) A railing around the break of a poop deck.

 

FIFE

Fife, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.]

 

Defn: To play on a fife.

 

FIFER

FIFER Fif "er, n.

 

Defn: One who plays on a fife.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fife

fife |fīf faɪf | ▶noun a kind of small shrill flute used esp. with the drum in military bands. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic play the fife. DERIVATIVES fif er noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from German Pfeife ‘pipe, ’ or from French fifre from Swiss German Pfifre ‘piper. ’ Compare with pipe .

 

Fife

Fife |fʌɪf | a council area and former county of east central Scotland; administrative centre, Glenrothes.

 

fife rail

fife rail ▶noun chiefly historical a rail around the mainmast of a sailing ship, holding belaying pins. • the rail on top of the bulwark at the edge of a sailing ship's poop or forecastle. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Fife

Fife |fʌɪf | a council area and former county of east central Scotland; administrative centre, Glenrothes.

 

fife

fife |fʌɪf | ▶noun a kind of small shrill flute used with the drum in military bands. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic play the fife. DERIVATIVES fifer noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from German Pfeife ‘pipe ’, or from French fifre from Swiss German Pfifer ‘piper ’.

 

fife rail

fife rail ▶noun chiefly historical a rail round the mainmast of a sailing ship, holding belaying pins. • the rail on top of the bulwark at the edge of a sailing ship's poop or forecastle. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fife

fife /faɪf /名詞 C 横笛 〘主に軍楽隊 鼓笛隊で用いる高音の笛 〙.動詞 他動詞 自動詞 (…を )横笛で [を ]吹く .