foia

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan fòvia, from Latin fovea. Doublet of fòvea.

Pronunciation

Noun

foia f (plural foies)

  1. (archaic) hole
  2. (geology) depression, basin
    Synonym: clotada

Further reading

Chibcha

Pronunciation

Noun

foia

  1. Alternative form of boi

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

foia m (plural foias)

  1. glutton (one who eats voraciously)
  2. hole where wood is burnt to produce charcoal
    Synonym: froia

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin furia (frenzy). Doublet of furia, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔja
  • Hyphenation: fò‧ia

Noun

foia f (plural foie)

  1. rut, heat (in animals)
  2. lust (in people)

Further reading

  • foia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

foia

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of foi