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fiche

[feesh]
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noun
  1. microfiche.
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Origin of fiche

by shortening
Can be confusedfiche fish
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Historical Examples

  • This is termed the prisoner's "fiche," which is now put away for future reference.

    The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904

    Various

  • His "fiche" is taken out, and copies of the photograph on it are distributed in the usual quarters.

British Dictionary definitions for fiche

fiche

noun
  1. See microfiche, ultrafiche
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Word Origin and History for fiche

n.

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).

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