fou

See also fōu, fóu, fǒu, and fòu

English

Adjective

fou (comparative more fou, superlative most fou)

1. Crazy.

Anagrams

• ufo, UFO

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Catalan

Verb

fou

1. Third-person singular preterite indicative form of ser.

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French

Etymology

From Old French fol, from Latin follis.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fu/, SAMPA: /fu/

Adjective

fou m. (f. folle, m. plural fous, f. plural folles)

1. mad, crazy

Noun

fou m. (plural fous; feminine folle, plural folles)

1. madman
2. jester

Noun

fou m. (plural fous)

1. (chess) bishop

Related terms

• folie
• folle

Anagrams

• ouf

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Mandarin

Romanization

fou

1. Nonstandard spelling of fōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fóu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of fǒu.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fòu.

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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Samoan

Etymology

Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian baru

Adjective

fou

1. new

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Scots

Etymology 1

From Old English full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Adjective

fou (comparative mair fou, superlative maist fou)

1. full
2. well-fed, full of food or drink, sated, replete
3. drunk, intoxicated

Adverb

fou (comparative mair fou, superlative maist fou)

1. fully, very, quite, rather, too

Etymology 2

Noun

fou (plural fous)

1. saxifrage