fiche

[feesh]

noun

microfiche.

Origin of fiche

by shortening

Can be confusedfiche fish

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Historical Examples of fiche

This is termed the prisoner's "fiche," which is now put away for future reference.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904
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His "fiche" is taken out, and copies of the photograph on it are distributed in the usual quarters.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904
Various

British Dictionary definitions for fiche

fiche

noun

See microfiche, ultrafiche

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Word Origin and History for fiche

1949, "slip of paper, form," from French fiche "card, index card, slip, form," from Old French fichier "to attach, stick into, pin on," from Vulgar Latin *figicare, from Latin figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix (v.)). Sense of "card, strip of film" is a shortening of microfiche (1950).