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Fo

Fo

(fō)
,
Noun.
The Chinese name of Buddha.

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Fo

Fo

See also: fo and FO

Italian

Proper noun

Fo ?

  1. A surname.
  2. Dario Fo, Italian comedian, actor, songwriter, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature

fo

fo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"

English

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

Clipping of for

Preposition

fo

  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of fo'

Anagrams


Esperanto

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

  • IPA(key): [fəʊ]

Noun

fo

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

Verb

fo

  1. to peel (remove skin)

Italian

Verb

fo

  1. first-person singular present of fare

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.

Synonyms

References

  1. “io faccio,io fo”, in Google books Ngram Viewer, accessed June 28, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

fo

  1. rōmaji reading of ふぉ
  2. rōmaji reading of フォ

Lojban

Cmavo

fo

  1. indicates that the following word or phrase is the x4sumti

Related terms


Mandarin

Romanization

fo

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

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

  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

  • fosyn (emphatic)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fol, from Latin follis.

Pronunciation

Noun

fo m (plural fos)

  1. (Jersey) madman

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Preposition

fo

  1. under
  2. beneath
  3. towards
  4. through
  5. throughout

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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

Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

fo

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

Antonyms

Usage notes

Derived terms

  • The following prepositional pronouns:
Person Number Prepositional pronoun Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
Singular 1st fodham fodhamsa
2nd fodhad fodhadsa
3rd m fodha fodhasan
3rd f foidhpe foidhpese
Plural 1st fodhainn fodhainne
2nd fodhaibh fodhaibhse
3rd fodhpa fodhpasan

Sranan Tongo

Numeral

fo

  1. (cardinal) four

Venetian

Verb

fo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of far

Volapük

Preposition

fo

  1. in front of; before (place)

Antonyms


Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [voː]

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.

Verb

fo

  1. Soft mutation of bo.