feo

See also: fẽo and fe'o

Esperanto

Etymology

From French fée and German Fee, by way of feino with the feminine suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo/
• Hyphenation: fe‧o
• Rhymes: -eo

Noun

feo (accusative singular feon, plural feoj, accusative plural feojn)

1. fairy

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese feo, from Latin foedus (“hideous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo̝/

Adjective

feo m (feminine singular fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas)

1. ugly

   Synonym: laido

Derived terms

• feamente

Related terms

• fealdade

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fẽo, from Latin faenum (“hay”). Cognate with Portuguese feno, Spanish heno.

Alternative forms

• feno, freo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo̝/

Noun

feo m (plural feos)

1. hay
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:

     Jtem. deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto, que naturalmente som para seu comer.

     Item. The foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oat, spelt —that is, melga— and things that are similar to these, which are naturally for them to eat

2. beachgrass

Derived terms

• feal
• Feal
• Feais
• Feáns
• Feás
• Fial

Related terms

• fiollo
• fiúncho

Further reading

• “feo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “feo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “feo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “feo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin foedus (“hideous”). Cognate with Portuguese feio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo/

Adjective

feo (feminine singular fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas) (superlative feísimo)

1. ugly

   Antonyms: guapo, bonito, bello, hermoso

2. (Mexico) bad, gross, mean, nasty
3. in poor condition

Derived terms

• feo del baile, fea del baile (“wallflower, shrinking violet”)
• afear
• feamente
• bailar con la más fea
• hacer un feo
• más feo que Carracuca
• más feo que Picio
• sexo feo

Related terms

• fealdad

Further reading

• “feo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.