faire fi

Elle fait fi des conventions lorsqu'elles entravent son travail.
She scorns conventions when they hinder her work.
Ces risques étaient connus, mais la direction en a fait fi.
Those risks were known, but management brushed them aside.
On ne peut pas faire fi de l'avis des habitants.
We cannot disregard the residents' views.
Il fait fi des compliments autant que des critiques.
He pays no heed to praise or criticism.
Il a fait fi des avertissements et a poursuivi son projet.
He disregarded the warnings and continued his project.

Similar words

ne pas tenir compte

écarter

mépriser

dédaigner

Il a fait fi des avertissements et a poursuivi son projet.
He disregarded the warnings and continued his project.
Elle fait fi des conventions lorsqu'elles entravent son travail.
She scorns conventions when they hinder her work.
Ces risques étaient connus, mais la direction en a fait fi.
Those risks were known, but management brushed them aside.
On ne peut pas faire fi de l'avis des habitants.
We cannot disregard the residents' views.
Il fait fi des compliments autant que des critiques.
He pays no heed to praise or criticism.

dédaigner

mépriser

écarter

ne pas tenir compte

The expression combines faire with fi, an old exclamation of disgust or contempt. Today fi survives chiefly in this fixed expression.

What does faire fi mean?

To disregard or scorn something.

What commonly follows it?

De introduces the thing dismissed.

Can a pronoun replace that thing?

Yes: en faire fi.

Does it sound casual?

No, it has a formal or literary tone.

What does fi mean here?

It is an old expression of contempt or disgust.

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