fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

Etymology 1

From fuck + you.

Interjection

fu

  1. (Internet, slang) Initialism of fuck you.

Etymology 2

  • Abbreviation

Noun

fu (plural fus)

  1. flux unit

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

Noun

fu (plural fu)

  1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.

Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

fu (uncountable)

  1. Expertise, mastery
    UNIX fu

References

  • fu at OneLook Dictionary Search

Ama

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɸu/

Noun

fu

  1. pig

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Verb

fu

  1. third-person singular indicative past historic of essere

Adjective

fu

  1. deceased, late

Synonyms

Japanese

Romanization

fu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of フ

Mandarin

Romanization

fu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fù.

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.

Nalik

Particle

fu

  1. plural marker on some words

Coordinate terms

  • mun (usual plural marker)

Further reading

  • Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, which derives from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include West Frisian fange and Mooring North Frisian füünj.

Verb

fu

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to get, obtain, receive

Conjugation

Old French

Etymology

Reduced form of Latin focus.

Noun

fu m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)

  1. fire

Descendants

  • Middle French: feu

Old Irish

Preposition

fu

  1. Alternative form of fo

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fu]

Verb

fu

  1. (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi.

Synonyms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu/

Interjection

fu

  1. An indication of disgust
  2. The hissing of a cat

Sranan Tongo

Preposition

fu

  1. of

Swahili

Adjective

-fu (declinable)

  1. dead

Inflection

Derived terms

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Preposition

fu

  1. from

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

fu

  1. Soft mutation of bu.
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