fungo

Etymology

fun +‎ go

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡoʊ

Noun

fungo (plural fungoes)

1. (baseball) A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.

   The fielding coach played fungo with the outfielders to warm them up.

   • 2007 January 25, Murray Chass, “Yanks Hope to Get a Jump in China”, in New York Times‎:

     Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter aren’t going to China to […] hit fungoes to wide-eyed Chinese kids.

2. (baseball, informal) A fungo bat.

   He is so strong he could hit it out of the park with a fungo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfunɡo/
• Hyphenation: fun‧go
• Rhymes: -unɡo

Noun

fungo (accusative singular fungon, plural fungoj, accusative plural fungojn)

1. fungus

Etymology

From Latin fungus.

Noun

fungo m (plural funghi)

1. mushroom, fungus, toadstool

Verb

fungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fungere

Noun

fungō

1. dative singular of fungus
2. ablative singular of fungus

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfũ.ɡu/
• (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfũ.ɡo/
• Hyphenation: fun‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin fungus, originally sfungus.

Etymology 2

Etymology

From -funga.

Noun

fungo (ma class, plural mafungo)

1. (Islam) period of fasting
2. (finance) bond