fol

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

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

fol (aorist fola, participle folur)

  1. Speak!

Conjugation


French

Pronunciation

Adjective

fol

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

Further reading


Galician

A Galician gaita

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References


Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology

From French folle

Noun

fol (masculine fou)

  1. (feminine) mad, crazy person

Adjective

fol (masculine fou)

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

Middle English

Noun

fol

  1. Alternative form of fole (fool)

Adjective

fol

  1. Alternative form of fole (foolish)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fol.

Adjective

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

  1. mad; insane
  2. foolish; silly

Noun

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

  1. madman (person who is insane)

Descendants

  • French: fol, fou
    • Louisiana Creole: fou

Old French

Etymology

From Latin follis, follem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. mad; insane
  2. foolish; silly

Descendants


Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin follis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French fol.

Adjective

fol

  1. mad; insane; crazy

Volapük

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English four.

Numeral

fol

  1. four

Derived terms


Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

fol

  1. soft mutation of of bol

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Adjective

fol

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

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

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