sci-fi

See also: scifi and sci fi

English

Alternative forms

• sci fi
• scifi

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /saɪ.faɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪfaɪ

Noun

sci-fi (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of science fiction.

Usage notes

The expression "sci-fi" is sometimes disparaged by followers of science fiction, preferring SF if a short form is to be used.

Synonyms

• science fiction. science-fiction, sci-fix
• SF, S.F., S. F., sf, s.f.

Derived terms

• skiffy

Translations

science fiction

Chinese: Mandarin: 科幻 (zh) (kēhuàn) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: scifi (fi) French: S-F f, science-fiction (fr) f Greek: ΕΦ (el) f (EF) Hungarian: sci-fi (hu) Italian: fantascienza (it) f Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: сай-фа́й (ru) m (saj-fáj) Scottish Gaelic: ficsean saidheans m

Anagrams

• fisci

Hungarian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sci-fi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskifi], [ˈst͡sifi], [ˈsifi]^[1][2][3]
• Hyphenation: sci-‧fi

Noun

sci-fi (countable and uncountable, plural sci-fik)

1. sci-fi (fiction in which advanced technology and/or science is a key element; also, a single work in this genre)

   Synonyms: tudományos-fantasztikus irodalom/műfaj/mű, (rare) tudományos fantasztikum

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sci-fi	sci-fik
accusative	sci-fit	sci-fiket
dative	sci-finek	sci-fiknek
instrumental	sci-fivel	sci-fikkel
causal-final	sci-fiért	sci-fikért
translative	sci-fivé	sci-fikké
terminative	sci-fiig	sci-fikig
essive-formal	sci-fiként	sci-fikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sci-fiben	sci-fikben
superessive	sci-fin	sci-fiken
adessive	sci-finél	sci-fiknél
illative	sci-fibe	sci-fikbe
sublative	sci-fire	sci-fikre
allative	sci-fihez	sci-fikhez
elative	sci-fiből	sci-fikből
delative	sci-firől	sci-fikről
ablative	sci-fitől	sci-fiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	sci-fié	sci-fiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	sci-fiéi	sci-fikéi

Possessive forms of sci-fi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sci-fim	sci-fijeim (or sci-fiim)
2nd person sing.	sci-fid	sci-fijeid (or sci-fiid)
3rd person sing.	sci-fije	sci-fijei (or sci-fii)
1st person plural	sci-fink	sci-fijeink (or sci-fiink)
2nd person plural	sci-fitek	sci-fijeitek (or sci-fiitek)
3rd person plural	sci-fijük	sci-fijeik (or sci-fiik)

References

1. Sci-fi kiejtése (e-nyelv.hu advice), recommending either of the first two, based on Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN
2. Miért lett a tudományos fantasztikus "SZKI_FI"? És nem szci-fi? (GyakoriKérdések.hu, “Common Questions”, open discussion forum)
3. Hogyan kellene magyarul kiejteni a sci-fi szót? (GyakoriKérdések.hu, “Common Questions”, open discussion forum)