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Translingual

Symbol

fo

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

English

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Etymology 1

Clipping of folio

Noun

fo (plural fos)

  1. (paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").
Synonyms
  • (page and book size): f
  • (book size): F

Etymology 2

Preposition

fo

  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of fo'

Anagrams

Asaro'o

Noun

fo

  1. (Molet Kasu, Molet Mur) water

Alternative forms

  • po (Asaro'o)

References

Beneraf

Noun

fo

  1. water

Further reading

Berik

Noun

fo

  1. water

Further reading

Bislama

Bislama cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : fo

Etymology

From English four.

Numeral

fo

  1. four

Cameroon Pidgin

Preposition

fo

  1. Alternative spelling of for

Chinese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English follow.

Pronunciation


Verb

fo

  1. (Internet, Internet slang) to follow (subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From clipping of English focus.

Pronunciation

Noun

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. Alternative form of foc.

Verb

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. Alternative form of foc.

Etymology 3

From clipping of English follow.

Pronunciation

Verb

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of fol.

Dineor

Noun

fo

  1. water

Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

fo (accusative singular fo-on, plural fo-oj, accusative plural fo-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

See also

Ewe

Pronunciation

Noun

fo

  1. brother (older brother)
  2. cousin (older male cousin)

Verb

fo

  1. to peel (remove skin)

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English four.

Numeral

fo

  1. four

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

fo

  1. (literary or regional) first-person singular present indicative of fare
    Synonym: faccio

Usage notes

fo is an alternative form (with respect to faccio) for the present indicative of the first person. Its usage is mainly literary and archaic[1] but is still used in some regional forms of Italian.

References

Itik

Noun

fo

  1. water

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

fo

  1. The katakana syllable フォ (fo) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq, cognate of Javanese pusuh and Tagalog puso.

Noun

fo

  1. (anatomy) heart

Further reading

  • fo in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Mambwe-Lungu

Noun

fo

  1. water

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

fo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (under, up from under).

Preposition

fo

  1. under
  2. below

Inflection

Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd m. 3rd f. 1st 2nd 3rd
Normal foym foyd fo foee foin feue foue
Emphatic foyms foyds fosyn foeeish foinyn feueish fouesyn

Pronoun

fo

  1. third-person singular masculine of fo
    under him/it

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh; equivalent to y- +‎ fo (adjective), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *faih.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

fo (plural fon or fos)

  1. A foe, enemy or opponent:
    1. An enemy of the true religion.
    2. An enemy combatant or armed force.
    3. (Christianity) Satan; the enemy of mankind.
  2. A harmful or ruinous force; that which causes terror.
Descendants
  • English: foe
  • Scots: fae
References

Etymology 2

From Old English , a form of fāh, from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

fo

  1. (rare) combative, opposed, inimical
  2. (rare) dangerous, foreboding
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)
References

Adverb

fo

  1. (rare) In a way showing unfriendliness or opposition.
Descendants
  • English: foe (obsolete as an adverb)
References

Murui Huitoto

Adverb

fo

  1. Alternative spelling of foo

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 91

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fol, from Latin follis.

Pronunciation

Noun

fo m (plural fos)

  1. (Jersey) madman

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. See fu for more.

Verb

fo

  1. (Sylt) to get, receive, obtain

Conjugation

Nupe

Pronunciation

Verb

fo

  1. (transitive) to wash
    Synonym:
    Ǹdá á èwò fo.Father washed the garment.

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. inflection of fōn:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (under, up from under).

Pronunciation

Preposition

fo (with accusative or dative)

  1. under, beneath
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 109d5
      Ní taít Día fo tairṅgere conid·chumscaiged.
      God does not come under a promise that he should alter it.
  2. to, towards
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
      Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
      It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.
  3. through, throughout
  4. in the capacity of
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20b13
      indidit a·tá irascemini sunt .i. irascemini fercaigthe-si, acht is fo imchomarc a·tá.
      It is not in affirmation that irascemini is here, i.e. irascemini you pl are angry, but it is in interrogation.
  5. according to
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 38c3
      Ní hé apstal cita·rogab in testimin so. Aliter: Ní fóu da·uc int apstal fon chéill fuand·rogab in fáith.
      It is not (the) apostle who first uttered this text. Otherwise: The apostle did not apply it in the sense in which the prophet uttered it.

Inflection

*Late forms

Combinations with a definite article:

  • fon, fun (under the (accusative m/f sg))
  • fua (under the (accusative n sg))
  • fon(d), fun(d) (under the (dative sg))
  • fonna (under the (accusative pl))

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

  • fom (under my)
  • fot (under your sg)
  • foa, fua, (under his/her/its/their)
  • fóar (under our)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: faoi
  • Manx: fo
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fo. Cognates include Irish faoi and Manx fo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔ/, /fo/
  • Hyphenation: fo

Preposition

fo (+ dative, triggers lenition, combined with the singular definite article fon)

  1. under, below, beneath
  2. under the influence of

Inflection

Personal inflection of fo
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st fodham fodhamsa
2nd fodhad fodhadsa
3rd m fodha fodhasan
3rd f fòidhpe fòidhpese
Plural 1st fodhainn fodhainne
2nd fodhaibh fodhaibhse
3rd fòdhpa fòdhpasan

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English four.

Pronunciation

Numeral

fo

  1. four

Venetan

Verb

fo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of far

Volapük

Preposition

fo

  1. in front of; before (place)

Antonyms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Reduction of efô, emphatic form of ef (he (literary)).

Pronoun

fo

  1. he, him.
Usage notes

Fo is used in north Wales and a variant of o. The choice between o and fo is dependent on grammatical and euphonic considerations. The forms e and fe are used in the south.

Etymology 2

Verb

fo

  1. Soft mutation of bo.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bo
radical soft nasal aspirate
bo fo mo unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yola

Pronoun

fo

  1. Alternative form of fho
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14[1]:
      az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.
      for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.
    • 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, lines 1[2]:
      Ochone! to fo shul Ich maak mee moan,
      Ochone, to whom shall I make my moan,
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 2[2]:
      Fo naar had looke var to be brides,
      Who never had luck to be brides,
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 2[2]:
      Fo laately got tackled to Kakeen Lurkaan,
      Who lately got tackled to Catherine Larkin,

References

  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to jump, or leap in an upwards direction
  2. (intransitive) to fly
  3. (idiomatic) to miss, to escape one's attention, to forget
    ọkàn mí óMy mind missed it
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. (transitive) to decapitate
    Synonyms: bẹ́, bẹ́rí, bẹ́lórí
    wọ́n fi idà fo orí olèThey used a sword to decapitate the head of the thief
Derived terms
  • ìfò (decapitation)
  • afò (executioner)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. (transitive) to omit
    Synonym: yọ
  2. (intransitive) to become omitted
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. (transitive) to shrink (as of clothes)
  2. (intransitive) to become shortened in dimension; to contract; to no longer be able to fit
    aṣọ yìí The clothes no longer fits me
Derived terms
  • ìfò (the act of shrinking; contraction)