foula

French

Verb

foula

1. third-person singular past historic of fouler

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfowla̝/

Etymology 1

Probably from the crossing of Latin faluppa and Latin favīlla (“ash”).

Noun

foula f (plural foulas)

1. milldust

   Synonyms: feila, freila

2. splash of sea foam

   Synonym: salseiro

3. (by extension) dandruff

   Synonyms: caspa, ceila, feila, freila, carepa

4. (by extension) snowflake

   Synonym: folerpa

Derived terms

• enfoular
• lambefoula (“stingy”, literally “milldust licker”)

Etymology 2

From Latin fulcus, borrowed from Frankish *fulk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people collectively, multitude; host of warriors”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

Noun

foula f (plural foulas)

1. crowd, horde

References

• “foula” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “foula” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “foula” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French foulard (“headscarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈla/

Noun

foula

1. scarf

Swedish

Etymology

From foul +‎ -a or from English foul + -a, if -a is considered a back-formation from foula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʊˌla/
• Rhymes: -²aʊla

Verb

foula (present foular, preterite foulade, supine foulat, imperative foula)

1. (basketball) to foul (to commit a foul)

   Han foulades och fick en straff, vilken han satte.

   He was fouled and got a free throw, which he scored on.

Conjugation