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fo

See also: Variations of "fo"

fo - Translingual

Symbol

fo

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Faroese.

fo - English

Noun

fo (plural fos)

  1. (paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").

Synonyms

  • (page and book size): f
  • (book size): F

Preposition

fo

  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of fo'

Anagrams

fo - Asaro'o

Noun

fo

  1. (Molet Kasu, Molet Mur) water

Alternative forms

  • po (Asaro'o)

fo - Beneraf

Noun

fo

  1. water

fo - Berik

Noun

fo

  1. water

fo - Bislama

Numeral

fo

  1. four

fo - Cameroon Pidgin

Preposition

fo

  1. Alternative spelling of for

fo - Chinese

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): fōu
    • (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡ

Verb

fo

  1. (Internet, Internet slang) to follow (subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)

Synonyms

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): fou1

Noun

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. Alternative form of foc.

Verb

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. Alternative form of foc.

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): fo1

Verb

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of fol.

fo - Dineor

Noun

fo

  1. water

fo - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [fo]
  • Hyphenation: fo

Noun

fo (accusative singular fo-on, plural fo-oj, accusative plural fo-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter F.

fo - Ewe

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [fəʊ]

Noun

fo

  1. brother (older brother)
  2. cousin (older male cousin)

Verb

fo

  1. to peel (remove skin)

fo - Fanagalo

Numeral

fo

  1. four

fo - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈfɔ‿|| ˈfɔ/

Verb

fo

  1. (literary or regional) first-person singular present indicative of fare

Usage notes

fo is an alternative form (with respect to faccio) for the present indicative of the first person. Its usage is mainly literary and archaic but is still used in some regional forms of Italian.

fo - Itik

Noun

fo

  1. water

fo - Japanese

Romanization

fo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふぉ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of フォ

fo - Malagasy

Noun

fo

  1. (anatomy) heart

fo - Mambwe-Lungu

Noun

fo

  1. water

fo - Mandarin

Romanization

fo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fō.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fó.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

fo - Manx

Preposition

fo

  1. under
  2. below

Inflection

Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd m. 3rd f. 1st 2nd 3rd
Normal foym foyd fo foee foin feue foue
Emphatic foyms foyds fosyn foeeish foinyn feueish fouesyn

Pronoun

fo

  1. third-person singular masculine of fo

Derived terms

  • fosyn (emphatic)

fo - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fɔː/, /iˈfɔː/

Noun

fo (plural fon or fos)

  1. A foe, enemy or opponent:
    1. An enemy of the true religion.
    2. A enemy combatant or armed force.
    3. (Christianity) Satan; the enemy of mankind.
  2. A harmful or ruinous force; that which causes terror.

Descendants

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fɔː/

Adjective

fo

  1. (rare) combative, opposed, inimical
  2. (rare) dangerous, foreboding

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)

Adverb

fo

  1. (rare) In a way showing unfriendliness or opposition.

Descendants

  • English: foe (obsolete as an adverb)

fo - Murui Huitoto

Adverb

fo

  1. Alternative spelling of foo

fo - Norman

Noun

fo m (plural fos)

  1. (Jersey) madman

fo - Nupe

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fō/

Verb

fo

  1. (transitive) to wash
    • Synonym: ná
    • Ǹdá á èwò fo. ― Father washed the garment.

fo - Old Irish

Alternative forms

Preposition

fo (with accusative or dative)

  1. under, beneath
  2. to, towards
  3. through, throughout
  4. in the capacity of

Inflection

Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. foum*, foam*
2d person sing. fout*
3d sing. masc./neut., dative fó(u)
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative foí
3d sing. fem., dative foæ*
3d sing. fem., accusative
1st person pl. founn*
2d person pl.
3d person pl., dative foïb
3d person pl., accusative

*Late forms

Combinations with a definite article:

  • fon, fun (“under the (accusative m/f sg)”)
  • fua (“under the (accusative n sg)”)
  • fon(d), fun(d) (“under the (dative sg)”)
  • fonna (“under the (accusative pl)”)

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

  • fom (“under my”)
  • fot (“under your sg”)
  • foa, fua, fó (“under his/her/its/their”)
  • fóar (“under our”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: faoi
  • Manx: fo
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo

fo - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fɔ/
  • Hyphenation: fo

Preposition

fo (+ dative, triggers lenition)

  1. under, below, beneath
  2. under the influence of

Usage notes

Inflection

Personal inflection of fo

Antonyms

Derived terms

fo - Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fo/

Numeral

fo

  1. four

fo - Venetian

Verb

fo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of far

fo - Volapük

Preposition

fo

  1. in front of; before (place)

Antonyms

fo - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /voː/

Pronoun

fo

  1. he, him.

Usage notes

Fo is used in north Wales and a variant of o. The choice between o and fo is dependent on grammatical and euphonic considerations. The forms e and fe are used in the south.

Verb

fo

  1. Soft mutation of bo.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
bo fo mo unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

fo - Yola

Pronoun

fo

  1. Alternative form of fho

fo - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fò/

Verb

fò

  1. (intransitive) to jump, or leap in an upwards direction
  2. (intransitive) to fly
  3. (idiomatic) to miss, to escape one's attention, to forget
    • ọkàn mí fò ó ― My mind missed it

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fò/

Verb

fò

  1. (transitive) to decapitate

Derived terms

  • ìfò (“decapitation”)
  • afò (“executioner”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fò/

Verb

fò

  1. (transitive) to omit
  2. (intransitive) to become omitted

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fò/

Verb

fò

  1. (transitive) to shrink (as of clothes)
  2. (intransitive) to become shortened in dimension; to contract; to no longer be able to fit

Derived terms

  • ìfò (“the act of shrinking; contraction”)
Meaning and Definition of fo
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