feu
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /fjuː/
[edit] Noun
feu (plural feus)
- Land held in feudal tenure.
[edit] Usage notes
- used particularly in Scots law.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Campidanese Sardinian
[edit] Etymology
Compare Spanish feo.
[edit] Adjective
feu
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Verb
feu
- Second-person plural present indicative form of fer.
- Second-person plural present subjunctive form of fer.
- Second-person plural imperative form of fer.
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old Provençal feu, from Frankish *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu.
[edit] Noun
feu m. (plural feus)
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin focus (“hearth”), replacing Latin ignis (“fire”)
[edit] Noun
feu m. (plural feux)
- fire
- (cigarette) lighter
- traffic light
- 1999, Patrick Lemaire, Psychologie cognitive
- « Si le feu est vert, je passe » — If the light is green, I go
- « Si le feu est rouge, je m'arrête » — If the light is red, I stop
- 1999, Patrick Lemaire, Psychologie cognitive
[edit] Derived terms
Derived terms
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old French fadude (“one who has accomplished his destiny”), from Vulgar Latin *fatutus, from Latin fatum (“destiny”).
[edit] Adjective
feu m. (f. feue, m. plural feus, f. plural feues)
- deceased
- Elle était la sœur de feu Jean Dupont
[edit] Middle French
[edit] Noun
feu m. (plural feuz)
[edit] Descendants
- French: feu
[edit] Scots
[edit] Noun
feu
- (estate): feud
[edit] Usage notes
- The word can refer both to the tenure of land and to the land itself.
Categories:
- English nouns
- Campidanese Sardinian adjectives
- Catalan verb forms
- Catalan terms derived from Old Provençal
- Catalan terms derived from Frankish
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French adjectives
- Middle French nouns
- Scots nouns