ficher

Meaning

1. to plug in; to drive something in by its point, as with a nail or a stake
2. to file, record, track (e.g. by police)
3. to not care
4. (colloquial) to do
5. (colloquial) to make fun of someone

Concepts

stick

drive in

drive into

put on file

pin

catch

fix

kid

cram

plug

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fi.ʃe/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ficher, from Old French fichier, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“fasten, fix”). The "give a damn" sense is a minced oath of foutre (“to fuck”).