fous

Czech

Alternative forms

• vous

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfou̯s]
• Rhymes: -ous
• Hyphenation: fous

Noun

1. whisker (a hair of the beard)

Derived terms

• fousáč
• fousatý
• fousek
• Fousek
• fousy
• basama s fousama
• na fous
• na fous přesně
• nejít někomu něco pod fousy
• o fous

Anagrams

• fosu

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu/

Etymology 1

Adjective

fous

1. masculine plural of fou

Etymology 2

Noun

fous m

1. plural of fou

Etymology 3

Verb

fous

1. first-person singular present indicative of foutre
2. second-person singular present indicative of foutre
3. second-person singular imperative of foutre

Etymology 4

Pronoun

fous

1. Eye dialect spelling of vous.

Further reading

• “fous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Luxembourgish

Verb

fous

1. second-person singular present indicative of fouen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• fus

Etymology

From Old English fūs (“ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt; expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuːs/

Adjective

fous

1. ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt

   Þei were also fous to fiᵹt. — Otuel

2. ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying

   Heo ne mihte wel reste in hous, heo was so walkynge and so fous; To pley and rage þhouᵹte hire swete. — Northern Homily Cycle: Narrationes, 1390

Related terms

• fusen — to urge on or exhort

Descendants

• fouse