fois

Dalmatian

Alternative forms
  • foiss

Etymology

From Latin fūsus.

Noun

fois m

  1. spindle

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fwa/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Homophones: foi, foie, foies
  • Hyphenation: fois

Etymology 1

From Middle French foys, from Old French foiz, feiz, from Latin vices, plural of the noun vicis.

Noun

fois f (plural fois)

  1. time, an instance of something happening; a repetition
  2. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form

Noun

fois f

  1. plural of foi

Anagrams

Further reading

Irish

Noun

fois

  1. vocative and genitive singular of fos

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fois fhois bhfois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old French

Noun

fois f (oblique plural fois, nominative singular fois, nominative plural fois)

  1. Alternative form of foiz

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /foʃ/

Noun

fois f (genitive singular foise, plural foisean)

  1. rest, relaxation, repose, leisure
  2. peace, standstill

Derived terms
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