foe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Adjective 1.1.3 Noun 1.1.3.1 Synonyms 1.1.3.2 Antonyms 1.1.3.3 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English fāh, ġefā, from Proto-Germanic *faiho-. Cognates include Old High German fehan and Old Norse feikn.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fəʊ/,  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: faux

[edit] Adjective

foe (comparative more foe, superlative most foe)

1. (obsolete) Hostile.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 ch. 23:

     he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, to engage his person, under the power of a barbarous King [...]

[edit] Noun

foe (plural foes)

1. An enemy.

[edit] Synonyms

• (enemy): adversary, enemy, opponent

[edit] Antonyms

• (enemy): ally, friend

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[edit] Etymology 2

An acronym of fifty-one ergs

[edit] Noun

foe (plural foes)

1. A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules.