foi

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Asturian[edit]

Verb[edit]

foi

  1. third-person singular past preterite of ser

Bambara[edit]

Adverb[edit]

foi

  1. nothing

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Early Old French fei, later foi, from Latin fides.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

foi f (plural fois)

  1. faith
  2. (heraldry) A depiction of a handshake.

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

Verb[edit]

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb[edit]

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Lojban[edit]

Rafsi[edit]

foi

  1. rafsi of foldi.

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

foi f (oblique plural fois, nominative singular foi, nominative plural fois)

  1. faith

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • foy (obsolete)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈfoj/
  • Hyphenation: foi

Verb[edit]

foi

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) preterite indicative of ser
    • 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 57:
      O jantar aquela noite foi muito agradável.
      The dinner that night was very pleasant.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

foi f pl

  1. Plural form of foaie

Etymology 2[edit]

Either from foaie or from a Late Latin root *follire, from follēre, present active infinitive of folleō, from Latin follis.

Verb[edit]

a foi (third-person singular present foiește, past participle foit) 4th conj.

  1. to fuss, bustle, move about
  2. (of a place) to be full of people who are busy, teem with
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