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foe

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English fo (foe; hostile), from earlier ifo (foe), from Old English ġefāh (enemy), from fāh (hostile), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (punishable), Middle High German gevēch (feuder)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (to hate, be hostile) (compare Middle Irish óech (enemy, fiend), Lithuanian pìktas (evil)).

Adjective

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foe

  1. (obsolete) Hostile.
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Noun

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foe (plural foes)

  1. An enemy.
    • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
      Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
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Etymology 2

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Acronym of [ten to the power of] fifty-one ergs, due to equalling 1051 ergs; coined by Gerald Brown of Stony Brook University in his work with Hans Bethe.

Noun

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foe (plural foes)

  1. A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules.
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Cameroon Pidgin

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Preposition

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foe

  1. Alternative spelling of for

Choctaw

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Etymology

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From English bee.

Noun

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foe

  1. bee

Middle English

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Noun

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foe

  1. Alternative form of fo

Portuguese

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Verb

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foe

  1. Obsolete spelling of foi.