feu

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Usage notes 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 Anagrams 2 Campidanese Sardinian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Related terms 4 Scots 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fju:/

[edit] Noun

feu (plural feus)

1. Land held in feudal tenure; feud.

[edit] Usage notes

The form feu is used particularly in Scots law.

[edit] Derived terms

• feu-holding
• feu-holder

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: efu
• ufe

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[edit] Campidanese Sardinian

[edit] Etymology

Compare Spanish feo.

[edit] Adjective

feu

1. dirty

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin focus (originally ‘hearth’, replacing Latin ignis ‘fire’).

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fø/, SAMPA: /f2/

[edit] Noun

feu m. (plural feux)

1. fire
2. (cigarette) lighter
3. 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

[edit] Related terms

• cessez-le-feu
• en feu

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Noun

feu

1. (estate): feud

[edit] Usage notes

• The word can refer both to the tenure of land and to the land itself.