Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sputja, from Proto-Indo-European *pHu-tó- (compare Serbo-Croatian pítati ‘to ask’, Tocharian B putk- ‘to divide, share’, Latin putāre ‘to prune’)

Verb

fus ‎(first-person singular past tense futa, participle futur)

1. I insert, I put (something) in

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• fusu

Etymology

From Latin fūsus. Compare Daco-Romanian fus.

Noun

fus n (plural fusi/fuse or fusuri)

1. spindle

Related terms

• fusar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfus/
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

fus m ‎(plural fusos)

1. spindle

Derived terms

• fus horari

French

Verb

fus

1. first-person singular past historic of être
2. second-person singular past historic of être

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fous

Adjective

fus

1. ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt

   Of vr saul to be ai fus Again þe com, þat es sa crus. — Cursor Mundi, 1400

2. ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying

   Þaa foles feluns þat war fuus All vmlapped loth huse. — Cursor Mundi, 1400

Related terms

• fusen — to urge on or exhort

Descendants

• fouse

Norman

Verb

fus

1. first-person singular preterite of êt'

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• vus

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

Noun

fus m

1. fox

Descendants

• Dutch: vos

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *funsaz ‎(“ready, willing”). Cognate with Old Saxon fūs, Old High German funs, Old Norse fúss.

Pronunciation

Noun

fūs n

1. A hastening, progress

   Se de leófra manna fús feor wlátode. — He who beheld afar the dear men's progress.

Declension

Adjective

fūs

1. ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt

   Se ðe stód fús on faroþe. — He who stood ready on the beach.

2. expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying

Declension

Related terms

• fȳsan — to send forth, impel, stimulate: drive away, put to flight, banish: (usu. reflex.) hasten, prepare oneself
• fȳsian, fēsian — to drive away

Derived terms

• fūse, fūslīce — readily, gladly
• fūslēoþ n. — death-song, dirge
• fūslic — ready to start: excellent
• fūsnes f. — quickness

Descendants

• fouse

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fūsus.

Noun

fus n ‎(plural fuse)

1. spindle
2. shaft

Declension

Related terms

• fusar