fou

See also: Fou, fóu, fòu, fōu, fǒu, fo'u, and -fou

English

Adjective

fou (comparative more fou, superlative most fou)

  1. (Scotland) Drunk.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

fou

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative form of ser

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu/
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Etymology 1

From Middle French fol, from Old French fol, from Latin follis, follem.

Adjective

fou (masculine singular before vowel fol, feminine singular folle, masculine plural fous, feminine plural folles)

  1. mad, crazy

Noun

fou m (plural fous, feminine folle)

  1. madman
  2. (court entertainer) jester

Etymology 2

From Spanish alfil, from Arabic الفيل‎, influenced by Etymology 1.

Noun

fou m (plural fous)

  1. (chess) bishop
  2. booby (bird)

See also

Chess pieces in French · pièces d'échecs (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
roi dame tour fou cavalier pion

Further reading

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Verb

fou

  1. second-person singular imperative of fouen

Mandarin

Romanization

fou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fōu.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fóu.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǒu.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fòu.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fāg, alternative form of fāh, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔu̯/, /fɔu̯x/
  • Rhymes: -ɔu̯

Adjective

fou

  1. multicoloured, stippled

Descendants

References

Noun

fou (plural fous)

  1. A kind of multicoloured fur.

References

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin furnus.

Noun

fou m (plural fous)

  1. (Jersey) oven

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fagus.

Noun

fou m (oblique plural fous, nominative singular fous, nominative plural fou)

  1. beech (tree)

Descendants

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Adjective

fou

  1. new (recently made or created)

Scots

Etymology 1

From Old English full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Adjective

fou (comparative mair fou, superlative maist fou)

  1. full
  2. well-fed, full of food or drink, sated, replete
  3. drunk, intoxicated

Adverb

fou (comparative mair fou, superlative maist fou)

  1. fully, very, quite, rather, too

Etymology 2

Noun

fou (plural fous)

  1. saxifrage
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