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foi

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See also: Foi, FOI, and foʻi

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foi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Foi.

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French foi.

    Noun

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    foi (plural fois)

    1. (heraldry) A depiction of a handshake.

    Asturian

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    foi

    1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser
    2. third-person singular preterite indicative of dir

    Chibcha

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    Noun

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    foi

    1. alternative form of boi

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    • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

    Choctaw

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

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    foi

    1. bee (Apidae)

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    • foi”, in The Choctaw Dictionary, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

    French

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle French foy, from Old French foi, fei, feid, from Latin fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (to command, to persuade, to trust).

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    Noun

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    foi f (plural fois)

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

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    Descendants

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    • Haitian Creole: fwa

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    Galician

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    Etymology 1

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    Inflected form of ir (to go).

    Verb

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    foi

    1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir

    Etymology 2

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    Inflected form of ser (to be).

    Verb

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    foi

    1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

    Old French

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    Etymology

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    From Latin fidem.

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    Noun

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

    1. faith
    2. allegiance; faithfulness
      • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 156 (of the Champion Classiques edition), →ISBN, line 1837:
        sa fei lealment li afie
        he loyally pledges his allegiance to him

    Descendants

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    Portuguese

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    foi

    1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir
    2. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser
      • 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia 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.

    Interjection

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    foi

    1. (Brazil) indicates that an action has been undertaken; done
      Synonym: feito
      — Pode enviar a mensagem? — Foi.
      “Can you send the message?”, “Done.”

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    Etymology 1

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    Either from foaie +‎ -i or from a Vulgar Latin root *follīre, from Late Latin follēre, from Latin follis.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /foˈi/
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Hyphenation: fo‧i

    Verb

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

    1. (reflexive) to fuss, bustle, move about
    2. (of a place) to be full of people who are busy, teem with
      Synonym: mișuna
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    foi f

    1. inflection of foaie (sheet):
      1. indefinite plural
      2. indefinite genitive singular

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    West Makian

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    West Makian cardinal numbers
     <  4 5 6  > 
        Cardinal : foi

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    Numeral

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    foi (inanimate mafoi, animate dimfoi, polite gomafoi)

    1. five

    References

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    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as foy)