Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fyi

/ˌɛfwaɪˈaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: fyi
IPA: /ˌɛfwaɪˈaɪ/

9

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

6

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Initialism of for your information.

Example Sentences

"FYI, there are donuts in the break room. [sentence adverbial use]"
"I just wanted to give you an FYI about the donuts in the break room. [noun use]"
"He forwards so many FYIs that sometimes it feels a bit like the boy who cried wolf. [noun use]"
"At the close of a recent cable describing the recovery of his censor-held photographs of the fighting in the Holy Land, Life photographer John Phillips added the casual postscript: "FYI, Burke narrowly escaped death outside Jerusalem a few days ago.""
"But I’ve only ever used it combined with hormonal birth control, FYI, and I’m currently not on any birth control."

Inflected Forms

eff why eye (alternative) eff-why-eye (alternative)

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce fyi?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛfwaɪˈaɪ/.
What does fyi mean?: Initialism of for your information.

How to pronounce fyi

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