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English
Etymology 1
From f uck + you .
Interjection
fu
( Internet slang ) Initialism of fuck you .
Etymology 2
Noun
fu (plural fus )
flux unit
Etymology 3
From Mandarin 賦 / 赋 (fù ).
Noun
fu (plural fu )
A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry , sometimes called rhymed prose.
Translations
Etymology 4
Noun
fu (uncountable )
( informal ) kung fu
1990 , Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders , →ISBN , page 315 :But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.
Etymology 5
Suffix
fu
Alternative spelling of -fu .
UNIX fu
References
“fu ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Ama
Pronunciation
Noun
fu
pig
References
Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.
Chinese
Etymology
From English feel . Possibly influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese feel ( fiu1 ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
fu
( Taiwan , neologism ) vibe ; atmosphere
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfu/ * , /ˈfu/
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: fù
Etymology 1
Adjective
fu (invariable )
deceased , late
Synonym: defunto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
fu
third-person singular past historic of essere
Further reading
fu in Luciano Canepari , Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese
Romanization
fu
The hiragana syllable ふ ( fu ) or the katakana syllable フ ( fu ) in Hepburn romanization.
Latin
Pronunciation
Interjection
fū
foh ! fie ! ( expressing aversion )
Usage notes
Can take the dative
Lithuanian
Interjection
fu
clipping of fui
References
Mandarin
Romanization
fu
nonstandard spelling of fū
nonstandard spelling of fú
nonstandard spelling of fǔ
nonstandard spelling of fù
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.
Nalik
Particle
fu
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
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian fā , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną ( “ to seize, grasp ” ) . The semantic development in North Frisian may have been influenced by cognate Danish få . The retention of the Germanic stem alternation may also have been reinforced by it. Other cognates include West Frisian fange , Dutch vangen , German fangen (all “to catch”).
Verb
fu
( Föhr-Amrum ) to get , receive , obtain
Conjugation
infinitive I
fu
infinitive II
(tu ) fun
past participle
fingen
imperative singular
fu
imperative plural
fu’m
present
past
1st singular
fu
fing
2nd singular
feest, feist
fingst
3rd singular
fee, feit
fing
plural
fu
fing
perfect
pluperfect
1st singular
haa fingen
hed fingen
2nd singular
heest fingen
hedst fingen
3rd singular
hee fingen
hed fingen
plural
haa fingen
hed fingen
future (skel)
future (wel)
1st singular
skal fu
wal fu
2nd singular
skääl fu
wääl fu
3rd singular
skal fu
wal fu
plural
skel fu
wel fu
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fuð ( only attested in compounds ) .
Noun
fu f (definite singular fua , indefinite plural fuer , definite plural fuene )
( anatomy , colloquial ) ass
References
“fu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old French
Etymology
From Latin focus .
Pronunciation
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Noun
fu oblique singular , m (oblique plural fus , nominative singular fus , nominative plural fu )
fire
Descendants
Old Irish
Preposition
fu
alternative form of fo
Polish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfu/
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: fu
Interjection
fu
( colloquial , childish ) yuck , ick (expression of disgust)
Synonyms: fe , fuj , pfu , pfuj
( colloquial , childish ) no , bad (reprimand of behavior)
Synonyms: fe , fuj
Further reading
fu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
fu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
fu
( informal ) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi
Synonyms
Sicilian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsɛ.mu/
Hyphenation: sè‧mu
Verb
fu
third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri ; (he/she/it) was .
Spanish
Etymology
Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey! .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfu/
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: fu
Interjection
fu
an indication of disgust
the hissing of a cat
Derived terms
Further reading
Sranan Tongo
Preposition
fu
of , belonging to
from
about
for
Particle
fu
used for marking the following verb as an infinitive to
ca. 1765 , Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word , page 107 :Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree. Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
in order to
Swahili
Pronunciation
Adjective
-fu (declinable )
dead
Declension
Derived terms
mfu ( “ dead person ” )
ufu ( “ death ” )
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Preposition
fu
from
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
fu
soft mutation of bu
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
West Makian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
fu
( informal ) feces
Synonym: jarangahe ( polite )
Etymology 2
Possibly related to the above etymology.
Pronunciation
Verb
fu
( intransitive ) to explode
Conjugation
Conjugation of fu (action verb)
singular
plural
inclusive
exclusive
1st person
tofu
mofu
afu
2nd person
nofu
fofu
3rd person
inanimate
ifu
dofu
animate
imperative
nufu , fu
fufu , fu
References
James Collins (1982 ) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary , Pacific linguistics
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 ) The Makian languages and their neighbours , Pacific linguistics
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Verb
fu
to suspect , to have a second thought on a person, to be vigilant
ará fu mí pe àṣírí ti tú ― I suspect that the secret is out
Usage notes
Always occurs in construction with ara
Derived terms