fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

Etymology 1

From fuck + you.

Interjection

fu

1. (Internet, slang) Initialism of fuck you.

Etymology 2

• Abbreviation

Noun

fu (plural fus)

1. flux unit

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

Noun

fu (plural fu)

1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.

Translations

Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賦 (zh), 赋 (zh) (fù)

• Japanese: 賦 (ja) (ふ, fu)

Etymology 4

Noun

fu (uncountable)

1. Expertise, mastery

   UNIX fu

Related terms

• -fu

References

• fu at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸu/

Noun

fu

1. pig

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Verb

fu

1. third-person singular indicative past historic of essere

Adjective

fu

1. deceased, late

Synonyms

• defunto

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Japanese

Romanization

fu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふ
2. Rōmaji transcription of フ

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Lojban

Cmavo

fu

1. indicates that the following word or phrase is the x₅ sumti

Related terms

• fa
• fe
• fi
• fo

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Mandarin

Romanization

fu

1. Nonstandard spelling of fū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fù.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Nalik

Particle

fu

1. plural marker on some words

Coordinate terms

• mun (usual plural marker)

Further reading

• Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, which derives from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include West Frisian fange and Mooring North Frisian füünj.

Verb

fu

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to get, obtain, receive

Conjugation

Conjugation of fu

infinitive I	fu
infinitive II	tu fuen
past participle	fingen
imperative singular	fu
imperative plural	fu'm
	present	past
1st-person singular	ik fu	ik fing
2nd-person singular	dü feist/feest	dü fingst
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at feit/fee	hi/hat/at fing
1st-person dual	wat fu	wat fing
2nd-person dual	jat fu	jat fing
1st-person plural	wi fu	wi fing
2nd-person plural	jam fu	jam fing
3rd-person plural	jo fu	jo fing
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	ik haa fingen	ik hed fingen
2nd-person singular	dü heest fingen	dü hedst fingen
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at hee fingen	hi/hat/at hed fingen
1st-person dual	wat haa fingen	wat hed fingen
2nd-person dual	jat haa fingen	jat hed fingen
1st-person plural	wi haa fingen	wi hed fingen
2nd-person plural	jam haa fingen	jam hed fingen
3rd-person plural	jo haa fingen	jo hed fingen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st-person singular	ik skal fu	ik wal fu
2nd-person singular	dü skääl fu	dü wääl fu
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at skal fu	hi/hat/at wal fu
1st-person dual	wat skel fu	wat wel fu
2nd-person dual	jat skel fu	jat wel fu
1st-person plural	wi skel fu	wi wel fu
2nd-person plural	jam skel fu	jam wel fu
3rd-person plural	jo skel fu	jo wel fu

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Old French

Etymology

Reduced form of Latin focus.

Noun

fu m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)

1. fire

Descendants

• Middle French: feu
  • French: feu

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Old Irish

Preposition

fu

1. Alternative form of fo

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu]

Verb

fu

1. (informal) third-person singular simple perfect form of fi.

Synonyms

• fuse (formal)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu]

Interjection

fu

1. An indication of disgust
2. The hissing of a cat

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Sranan Tongo

Preposition

fu

1. of

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Swahili

Adjective

-fu (declinable)

1. dead

Inflection

Inflected forms of -fu

Noun class	singular	plural
M-wa class	mfu	wafu
M-mi class	mfu	mifu
Ma class	fu	mafu
Ki-vi class	kifu	vifu
N class	fu	fu
U class	mfu	fu
Pa class	pafu	pafu
Ku class	kufu	kufu
Mu class	mufu	mufu

Derived terms

• mfu

Related terms

• -fa

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

fu

1. from

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): [vɨː]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): [viː]

Verb

fu

1. Soft mutation of bu.