Meanings
fyke1
verbfyke (third-person singular simple present fykes, present participle fyking, simple past and past participle fyked)
present singular third person fykes · participle present fyking · participle past fyked · past fyked
- ambitransitiveTo fish using a fyke.
Fyke2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
fyke · noun, verb
- Middle Dutchvuyke
- Dutchfuik“fish trap”
- Englishfyke
Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.
More words from Dutch, Middle Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Fyke · proper noun
- GermanFeick
- EnglishFyke
Americanized spelling of German Feick.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans fyke
- fyketype of fish-trap
Chinese Mandarin 长袋网
- 长袋网type of fish-trap
Danish ruse
- rusetype of fish-trap
Dutch fuik
- fuiktype of fish-trap
Esperanto naso
- nasotype of fish-trap
Finnish rysä
- rysätype of fish-trap
French verveux
- verveuxtype of fish-trap
German Sacknetz, Reuse
- Sacknetztype of fish-trap
- Reusetype of fish-trap
Italian martavello
- martavellotype of fish-trap
Norwegian Bokmål ruse
- rusetype of fish-trap
Polish żak
- żaktype of fish-trap
Swedish ryssja
- ryssjatype of fish-trap
Turkish pinter
- pintertype of fish-trap
Ukrainian ятір
- ятір (jatir)type of fish-trap
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APA
fyke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fyke
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“fyke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fyke. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fyke,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fyke.
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