fous

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfou̯s]
  • Rhymes: -ous
  • Hyphenation: fous

Noun

fous m

  1. whisker (a hair of the beard)

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu/

Adjective

fous

  1. masculine plural of fou

Noun

fous m

  1. plural of fou

Verb

fous

  1. first-person singular present indicative of foutre
  2. second-person singular present indicative of foutre
  3. second-person singular imperative of foutre

Pronoun

fous

  1. Eye dialect spelling of vous.

Further reading


Luxembourgish

Verb

fous

  1. second-person singular present indicative of fouen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fūs (ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt; expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuːs/

Adjective

fous

  1. ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt
    Þei were also fous to fiᵹt. Otuel
  2. ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying
    Heo ne mihte wel reste in hous, heo was so walkynge and so fous; To pley and rage þhouᵹte hire swete. Northern Homily Cycle: Narrationes, 1390
  • fusen to urge on or exhort

Descendants

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