fo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"

Translingual

Symbol

fo

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

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of folio

Noun

fo (plural fos)

(paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").

Synonyms

(page and book size): f
(book size): F

Preposition

fo

(informal) Alternative spelling of fo'

Anagrams

OF, OF., Of-, of

Asaro'o

Noun

fo

(Molet Kasu, Molet Mur) water

Alternative forms

po (Asaro'o)

References

John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars, 2012, page 50

Beneraf

Noun

fo

water

Berik

Noun

fo

water

Bislama

**Bislama cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : fo

Etymology

From English four.

Numeral

fo

four

Cameroon Pidgin

Preposition

fo

Alternative spelling of for

Chinese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English follow.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fōu
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fou
  - Wade–Giles: fou¹
  - Yale: fōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fou
  - Palladius: фоу (fou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

fo

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

Synonyms

關注／关注 (guānzhù)

Etymology 2

From clipping of English focus.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): fou¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fou¹
  - Yale: fōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

Alternative form of foc.

Verb

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

Alternative form of foc.

Etymology 3

From clipping of English follow.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo¹
  - Yale: fō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

(Internet slang) Alternative form of fol.

Dineor

Noun

fo

water

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

IPA^(key): [fo]
Hyphenation: fo

Noun

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

The name of the Latin-script letter F.

Ewe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fəʊ]

Noun

fo

brother (older brother)
cousin (older male cousin)

Verb

fo

to peel (remove skin)

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English four.

Numeral

fo

four

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ‿|| ˈfɔ/

Verb

fo

(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

fo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

io faccio, io fo at Google Ngram Viewer

Itik

Noun

fo

water

Japanese

Romanization

fo

Rōmaji transcription of ふぉ
Rōmaji transcription of フォ

Malagasy

Etymology

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

Noun

fo

(anatomy) heart

Mambwe-Lungu

Noun

fo

water

Mandarin

Romanization

fo

Nonstandard spelling of fó.

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.

Manx

Etymology

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

Preposition

fo

under
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

third-person singular masculine of fo
under him/it

Derived terms

fosyn (emphatic)

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

ffo, ffoo, foa, foe, foo, foe, ifoa, vo, yfoh, yvo, y-vo
ifa, iva, ȝefo (early)
fa, faa (Northern)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔː/, /iˈfɔː/
Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

fo (plural fon or fos)

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

Descendants

English: foe
Scots: fae

References

“fō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
“ifō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

foo
fa (early)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔː/
Rhymes: -ɔː

Adjective

fo

(rare) combative, opposed, inimical
(rare) dangerous, foreboding

Derived terms

foman

Descendants

English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)

References

“fō, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.

Adverb

fo

(rare) In a way showing unfriendliness or opposition.

Descendants

English: foe (obsolete as an adverb)

References

“fō, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.

Murui Huitoto

Adverb

fo

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

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Noun

fo m (plural fos)

(Jersey) madman

Nupe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fō/

Verb

fo

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

fu, fú

Etymology

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

Preposition

fo (with accusative or dative)

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. 109^d5
  Ní taít Día fo tairṅgere conid·chumscaiged.
  God does not come under a promise that he should alter it.
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.
through, throughout
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. 20^b13
  Ní fú 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.
  [In other words, irascemini is here a question, not a statement. The Latin verb is actually in the future tense, but the Old Irish gloss of it is in the present tense.]

Inflection

Inflection of fo

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	foum, foam
2d person sing.	fout*
3d sing. masc./neut., dative	fó(u)
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative	foí
3d sing. fem., dative	foæ*
3d sing. fem., accusative
1st person pl.	founn*
2d person pl.
3d person pl., dative	foïb
3d person pl., accusative

*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, fó (“under his/her/its/their”)
fóar (“under our”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

foa·, fua· fo· (“under which/whom”)

Derived terms

fu acis

Related terms

fo-

Descendants

Irish: faoi
Manx: fo
Scottish Gaelic: fo

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔ/
Hyphenation: fo

Preposition

fo (+ dative, triggers lenition)

under, below, beneath
under the influence of

Usage notes

If the definite article in the singular follows, it combines with fo into fon.

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

(below): os cionn

Derived terms

dol fodha na grèine
fodha

References

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English four.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fo/

Numeral

fo

four

Venetian

Verb

fo

first-person singular present indicative of far

Volapük

Preposition

fo

in front of; before (place)

Antonyms

po

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /voː/
Rhymes: -oː

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

fo

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.

Verb

fo

Soft mutation of bo.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bo	fo	mo	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yola

Pronoun

fo

Alternative form of fho
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 14:
  yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.
  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, line 1:
  Ochone! to fo shul Ich maak mee moan,
  Ochone, to whom shall I make my moan,

References

Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 114
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, page 130

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fò/

Verb

fò

(intransitive) to jump, or leap in an upwards direction
(intransitive) to fly
(idiomatic) to miss, to escape one's attention, to forget
ọkàn mí fò ó ― My mind missed it

Derived terms

ìfò (“the act of flying”)
àfòpiná (“moth”)

Related terms

bẹ́ (“to leap”)
tọ (“to hop”)
gbàgbé (“to forget”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fò/

Verb

fò

(transitive) to decapitate
Synonyms: bẹ́, bẹ́rí, bẹ́lórí
wọ́n fi idà fo orí olè ― They used a sword to decapitate the head of the thief

Derived terms

ìfò (“decapitation”)
afò (“executioner”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fò/

Verb

fò

(transitive) to omit
Synonym: yọ
(intransitive) to become omitted

Derived terms

ìfò (“omission”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fò/

Verb

fò

(transitive) to shrink (as of clothes)
(intransitive) to become shortened in dimension; to contract; to no longer be able to fit
aṣọ yìí fò mí ― The clothes no longer fits me

Derived terms

ìfò (“the act of shrinking; contraction”)

[1] , io fo at Google Ngram Viewer

fo

Translingual

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Preposition

Anagrams

Asaro'o

Noun

Alternative forms

References

Beneraf

Noun

Further reading

Berik

Noun

Further reading

Bislama

Etymology

Numeral

Cameroon Pidgin

Preposition

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

Dineor

Noun

Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Ewe

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Fanagalo

Etymology

Numeral

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

References

Itik

Noun

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

Malagasy

Etymology

Noun

Further reading

Mambwe-Lungu

Noun

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

Usage notes

Manx

Etymology

Preposition

Inflection

Pronoun

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation