fo
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
fo
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo (plural fos)
- (paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Preposition[edit]
fo
Anagrams[edit]
Asaro'o[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo
- (Molet Kasu, Molet Mur) water
Alternative forms[edit]
- po (Asaro'o)
References[edit]
- John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars, 2012, page 50
Beneraf[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo
Further reading[edit]
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Berik[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo
Further reading[edit]
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Bislama[edit]
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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Cardinal : fo | ||
Etymology[edit]
Numeral[edit]
fo
Cameroon Pidgin[edit]
Preposition[edit]
fo
- Alternative spelling of for
Chinese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fo
- (Internet, Internet slang) to follow (subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From clipping of English focus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)
- Alternative form of foc.
Verb[edit]
fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)
- Alternative form of foc.
Etymology 3[edit]
From clipping of English follow.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)
Dineor[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo
Further reading[edit]
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
fo (accusative singular fo-on, plural fo-oj, accusative plural fo-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter F.
See also[edit]
- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
Ewe[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo
Verb[edit]
fo
- to peel (remove skin)
Fanagalo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Numeral[edit]
fo
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fo
- (literary or regional) first-person singular present indicative of fare
- Synonym: faccio
Usage notes[edit]
fo is an alternative form (with respect to faccio) for the present indicative of the first person. Its usage is mainly literary and archaic[1] but is still used in some regional forms of Italian.
References[edit]
- fo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Itik[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo
Further reading[edit]
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
fo
Malagasy[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq, cognate of Javanese pusuh and Tagalog puso.
Noun[edit]
fo
Further reading[edit]
- fo in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
Mambwe-Lungu[edit]
Noun[edit]
fo
Further reading[edit]
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
fo
- Nonstandard spelling of fō.
- Nonstandard spelling of fó.
Usage notes[edit]
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).
Preposition[edit]
fo
Inflection[edit]
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[edit]
fo
Derived terms[edit]
- fosyn (emphatic)
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh; equivalent to y- + fo (adjective), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *faih.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “fō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
- “ifō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English fā, a form of fāh, from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fo
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)
References[edit]
- “fō, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
Adverb[edit]
fo
- (rare) In a way showing unfriendliness or opposition.
Descendants[edit]
- English: foe (obsolete as an adverb)
References[edit]
- “fō, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
Murui Huitoto[edit]
Adverb[edit]
fo
- Alternative spelling of foo
References[edit]
- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 91
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French fol, from Latin follis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun[edit]
fo m (plural fos)
Nupe[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fo
- (transitive) to wash
- Synonym: ná
- Ǹdá á èwò fo. ― Father washed the garment.
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).
Preposition[edit]
fo (with accusative or dative)
- under, beneath
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 109d5
- Ní taít Día fo tairṅgere conid·chumscaiged.
- God does not come under a promise that he should alter it.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 109d5
- to, towards
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
- Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
- It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
- through, throughout
- in the capacity of
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20b13
- Ní fú indidit a·tá irascemini sunt .i. irascemini fercaigthe-si, acht is fo imchomarc a·tá.
- It is not in affirmation that irascemini is here, i.e. irascemini you pl are angry, but it is in interrogation. [In other words, irascemini is here a question, not a statement. The Latin verb is actually in the future tense, but the Old Irish gloss of it is in the present tense.]
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20b13
- according to
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 38c3
- Ní hé apstal cita·rogab in testimin so. Aliter: Ní fóu da·uc int apstal fon chéill fuand·rogab in fáith.
- It is not (the) apostle who first uttered this text. Otherwise: The apostle did not apply it in the sense in which the prophet uttered it.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 38c3
Inflection[edit]
*Late forms
Combinations with a definite article:
- fon, fun (“under the (accusative m/f sg)”)
- fua (“under the (accusative n sg)”)
- fon(d), fun(d) (“under the (dative sg)”)
- fonna (“under the (accusative pl)”)
Combinations with a possessive determiner:
Combinations with a relative pronoun:
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fo, fa, fá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, pages 276, 511–13
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish fo. Cognates include Irish faoi and Manx fo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
fo (+ dative, triggers lenition, combined with the singular definite article fon)
Inflection[edit]
Personal inflection of fo | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
Singular | 1st | fodham | fodhamsa | ||||||
2nd | fodhad | fodhadsa | |||||||
3rd m | fodha | fodhasan | |||||||
3rd f | fòidhpe | fòidhpese | |||||||
Plural | 1st | fodhainn | fodhainne | ||||||
2nd | fodhaibh | fodhaibhse | |||||||
3rd | fòdhpa | fòdhpasan |
Antonyms[edit]
- (below): os cionn
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Colin Mark (2003), “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
fo
Venetian[edit]
Verb[edit]
fo
Volapük[edit]
Preposition[edit]
fo
Antonyms[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Reduction of efô, emphatic form of ef (“he (literary)”).
Pronoun[edit]
fo
Usage notes[edit]
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.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
fo
- Soft mutation of bo.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bo | fo | mo | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Yola[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
fo
- Alternative form of fho
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 14:
- yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.
- your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.
- 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 1:
- Ochone! to fo shul Ich maak mee moan,
- Ochone, to whom shall I make my moan,
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fò
- (intransitive) to jump, or leap in an upwards direction
- (intransitive) to fly
- (idiomatic) to miss, to escape one's attention, to forget
- ọkàn mí fò ó ― My mind missed it
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fò
- (transitive) to decapitate
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fò
- (transitive) to omit
- Synonym: yọ
- (intransitive) to become omitted
Derived terms[edit]
- ìfò (“omission”)
Etymology 4[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fò
- (transitive) to shrink (as of clothes)
- (intransitive) to become shortened in dimension; to contract; to no longer be able to fit
Derived terms[edit]
- ìfò (“the act of shrinking; contraction”)
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-1
- English clippings
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Printing
- English abbreviations
- English prepositions
- English informal terms
- en:Book sizes
- en:Paper sizes
- Asaro'o lemmas
- Asaro'o nouns
- Beneraf lemmas
- Beneraf nouns
- Berik lemmas
- Berik nouns
- Bislama terms inherited from English
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- Bislama numerals
- Cameroon Pidgin lemmas
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- Chinese terms borrowed from English
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- zh:Internet
- Chinese internet slang
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- Esperanto nouns
- eo:Latin letter names
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- Ewe lemmas
- Ewe nouns
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- ee:Family
- Fanagalo terms borrowed from English
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- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian non-lemma forms
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- Regional Italian
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- Japanese non-lemma forms
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- mg:Anatomy
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- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
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- Rhymes:Middle English/ɔː
- Rhymes:Middle English/ɔː/1 syllable
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Christianity
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Middle English adjectives
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- Middle English adverbs
- enm:Religion
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- Murui Huitoto lemmas
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- Norman terms inherited from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms inherited from Latin
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- Norman terms with audio links
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- nrf:People
- Nupe terms with IPA pronunciation
- Nupe lemmas
- Nupe verbs
- Nupe transitive verbs
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- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
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- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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