fo

See also Fo, FO, .fo, fo-, fó, fò, fő, and fΩ

English

Wikipedia

Noun

fo (plural fos)

1. (paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").

Synonyms

• (page and book size): f
• (book size): F

Anagrams

• of, OF, OF.

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Esperanto

Noun

fo (plural fo-oj, accusative singular fo-on, accusative plural fo-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter F/f.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/‎be, co/‎ce, ĉo/‎ĉa, do/‎de, e, fo/‎ef, go/‎ge, ĝo/‎ĝe, ho/‎ha, ĥo/‎ĥi, i, jo/‎je, ĵo/‎ĵi, ko/‎ka, lo/‎el, mo/‎om, no/‎en, o, po/‎pa, ro/‎ar, so/‎es, ŝo/‎eŝ, to/‎ta, u, ŭo/‎eŭ, vo/‎vi, zo/‎ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fəʊ], X-SAMPA: [f@U]

Noun

fo

1. brother (older brother)
2. cousin (older male cousin)

Verb

fo

1. to peel (remove skin)

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Japanese

Romanization

fo

1. See ふぉ
2. See フォ

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French fol, from Latin follis.

Noun

fo m (plural fos)

1. madman

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Lojban

Cmavo

fo

1. indicates that the following word or phrase is the x₄ sumti

Related terms

• fa
• fe
• fi
• fu

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Mandarin

Romanization

fo

1. Nonstandard spelling of fó.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fò.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *wo, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)upo (“under, up from under”).

Preposition

fo

1. under
2. below

Inflection

	Singular				Plural
Person	1st	2nd	3rd m.	3rd f.	1st	2nd	3rd
Normal	foym	foyd	fo	foee	foin	feue	foue
Emphatic	foyms	foyds	fosyn	foeeish	foinyn	feueish	fouesyn

Pronoun

fo

1. 3rd person singular of fo

   under him/it

Derived terms

• fosyn (emphatic)

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wo, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)upo (“under, up from under”).

Preposition

fo

1. under
2. beneath
3. towards
4. through
5. throughout

Descendants

• Irish: faoi
• Manx: fo
• Scottish Gaelic: fo

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Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

fo

1. under, below, beneath
2. under the influence of

Antonyms

• os cionn

Usage notes

• Lenites the following noun.

Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	fodham	fodhamsa
tu	fodhad	fodhadsa
e	fodha	fodhasan
i	foidhpe	foidhpese
sinn	fodhainn	fodhainne
sibh	fodhaibh	fodhaibhse
iad	fodhpa	fodhpasan

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Sranan Tongo

Numeral

fo

1. (cardinal) four

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Venetian

Verb

fo

1. first-person singular present indicative of far

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Volapük

Preposition

fo

1. in front of; before (place)

Antonyms

• po

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɔ/, X-SAMPA: /vO/

Pronoun

fo

1. he, him.

Usage notes

Fo is used in north Wales and a variant of o. The choice between o and fo is dependent on grammatical and euphonic considerations. The forms e and fe are used in the south.