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fife meaning in Malayalam

ഫൈഫ്

/ˈfaɪf/

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Scotland/ˈfʌɪf/

fife in Malayalam: ഫൈഫ്. In English, fife means a small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.

Malayalam words for fife

ഫൈഫ്

English meaning of fife

  1. noun A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
  2. verb To play this instrument.
  3. numeral Used instead of five in radio communications, especially NATO and ICAO, to avoid confusion with fire or nine.

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Questions about fife in Malayalam

What is the meaning of fife in Malayalam?
Fife in Malayalam is ഫൈഫ്.
fife എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Fife: ഫൈഫ്.
What does fife mean in English?
Fife means a small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.

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Malayalam words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “fife”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: fife (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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