fol

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See also: FOL, fól, fòl, föl, fɔl, føl, fol., and föl-

Albanian

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Etymology

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Imperative present form (2nd pers. singular) of flas (to speak). See flas for etymology.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fol (aorist fola, participle folur)

  1. Speak!

Conjugation

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Chinese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Clipping of English follow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fol

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, social media) follower count

Synonyms

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Verb

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fol

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, social media) to follow

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Derived terms

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fol

  1. Alternative form of fou (used only when the following noun starts with a vowel or mute h)

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Galician

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A Galician gaita

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin follis (bellows, purse), cognate with Portuguese fole and Spanish fuelle. With the meaning of "madman", from Old Occitan fol or Old French fol.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fol m (plural foles)

  1. bag (of bagpipes)
  2. bellows
  3. bag, sack, goatskin
    home pequeno, fol de veleno
    a little man, a bag of poison
    (proverb)
  4. (archaic) a madman

Derived terms

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References

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from French folle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fol (masculine fou)

  1. (feminine) madwoman (a mad, crazy female)

Adjective

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fol (masculine fou)

  1. (feminine) mad, crazy, insane
    Synonym: pagli

Middle English

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Noun

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fol

  1. Alternative form of fole (fool)

Adjective

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fol

  1. Alternative form of fole (foolish)

Middle French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French fol.

Adjective

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fol m (feminine singular folle, masculine plural folz, feminine plural folles)

  1. mad; insane
  2. foolish; silly

Noun

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fol m (plural fols, feminine singular folle, feminine plural folles)

  1. madman (a person who is insane)

Descendants

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  • French: fol, fou
    • Louisiana Creole: fou

Old French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin follis, follem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fol m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fole or folle)

  1. mad; insane
  2. foolish; silly
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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin follis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French fol.

Adjective

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fol

  1. mad; insane; crazy
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Polabian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German voll. Compare Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full.

    Adverb

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    fol

    1. full
      Mon jă fol
      The moon is full

    References

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    • The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s):
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      Polański, Kazimierz (1994) “fol”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 1095
    • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “fol”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 61
    • Olesch, Reinhold (1973) “vol”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 3: T – Z, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1295

    Russenorsk

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk full, either through its northern dialectal form (see foill), either through Russian accent (in both cases the vowel changes into [u]-sound with different length).

    Pronunciation

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    Possible examples:

    • IPA(key): /fuʎ/ (Northern Norwegian accent)
    • IPA(key): /fulʲ/ (Russian accent)

    Adjective

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    fol

    1. full
      Moja fol Maga
      My stomach is full

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    • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

    Spanish

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    Noun

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    fol

    1. Abbreviation of folio.

    Turkish

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فول (fol, a nest-egg),[1] from Greek φώλι (fóli, the act or place of incubation, nest), from Ancient Greek φωλεός (phōleós, den, animal burrow).[2]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈfoɫ/
    • Hyphenation: fol

    Noun

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    fol (definite accusative folu, plural follar)

    1. (colloquial) An egg or egg-shaped object placed at a spot for a hen to lay her eggs there; a nest egg.

    Declension

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    Inflection
    Nominative fol
    Definite accusative folu
    Singular Plural
    Nominative fol follar
    Definite accusative folu folları
    Dative fola follara
    Locative folda follarda
    Ablative foldan follardan
    Genitive folun folların
    Possessive forms
    Nominative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular folum follarım
    2nd singular folun folların
    3rd singular folu folları
    1st plural folumuz follarımız
    2nd plural folunuz follarınız
    3rd plural folları folları
    Definite accusative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular folumu follarımı
    2nd singular folunu follarını
    3rd singular folunu follarını
    1st plural folumuzu follarımızı
    2nd plural folunuzu follarınızı
    3rd plural follarını follarını
    Dative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular foluma follarıma
    2nd singular foluna follarına
    3rd singular foluna follarına
    1st plural folumuza follarımıza
    2nd plural folunuza follarınıza
    3rd plural follarına follarına
    Locative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular folumda follarımda
    2nd singular folunda follarında
    3rd singular folunda follarında
    1st plural folumuzda follarımızda
    2nd plural folunuzda follarınızda
    3rd plural follarında follarında
    Ablative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular folumdan follarımdan
    2nd singular folundan follarından
    3rd singular folundan follarından
    1st plural folumuzdan follarımızdan
    2nd plural folunuzdan follarınızdan
    3rd plural follarından follarından
    Genitive
    Singular Plural
    1st singular folumun follarımın
    2nd singular folunun follarının
    3rd singular folunun follarının
    1st plural folumuzun follarımızın
    2nd plural folunuzun follarınızın
    3rd plural follarının follarının

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    References

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    1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1401
    2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fol”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

    Further reading

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    Volapük

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    Volapük cardinal numbers
     <  3 4 5  > 
        Cardinal : fol
        Ordinal : folid

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English four.

    Numeral

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    fol

    1. four
      • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 23:
        Folna fol binos degmäl.
        Four times four is sixteen.

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    Welsh

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    fol

    1. soft mutation of of bol

    West Frisian

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    Etymology

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

    Adjective

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    fol

    1. full (not empty)
    2. full of
    3. whole, full, complete

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    Further reading

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    • fol”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011