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fife meaning in Marathi

फायफ

/ˈfaɪf/

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Scotland/ˈfʌɪf/

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

Marathi words for fife

फायफ

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 Marathi

What is the meaning of fife in Marathi?
Fife in Marathi is फायफ.
fife चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Fife: फायफ.
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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Marathi 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 Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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