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phife

phife is the obsolete form of fife.

Meaning of fife

Noun

fife (plural fifes)

  1. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

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Forms of phife

pluralphifes

Questions about phife

What is phife the obsolete form of?
Phife is the obsolete form of fife.

Words near phife in the dictionary

  1. Phichit
  2. phicoerytrin
  3. Phidian
  4. phidoloporid
  5. phidoloporids
  6. phife
  7. Phifer
  8. Phifers
  9. phifes
  10. Phigalea
  11. Phigalean

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