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    fou
    /fuː/

    adjective

    • 1. inebriated; drunk: Scottish "his lordship gets them fou, steamin' fou"

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  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › fouFOU Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Fou definition: drunk. . See examples of FOU used in a sentence.

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  4. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › foufou - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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    Etymology

    From Scots fou. Compare full, a doublet.

    Adjective

    fou (comparative more fou, superlative most fou) 1. (Scotland) Drunk. 1.1. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk 1.1. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 110: 1.1.1. Shand's father had missed the whole thing — getting fouin the pub, more than likely—but his mum had been there, in her best green twinset, her court shoes polished to a shine as high as Shand's.

    Anagrams

    1. UFO, ufo

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    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfow]

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin fōcem, early monophthongized variant of faucem.

    References

    1. “fou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. 2. “fou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024 3. “fou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. 4. “fou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): /fu/ 2. Rhymes: -u 3. Homophones: fous, fout, foux

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle French fol, from Old French fol, from Latin follem. Cognate with English fool.

    Etymology 2

    From Spanish alfil, from Arabic اَلْفِيل (al-fīl, “elephant; bishop (chess piece)”), influenced by Etymology 1.

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    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): /fu/ 2. Rhymes: -u

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from French fou (“mad, crazy”).

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from French four (“oven, stove”).

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    Verb

    fou 1. second-person singular imperative of fouen

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    Romanization

    fou 1. Nonstandard spelling of fóu. 2. Nonstandard spelling of fǒu. 3. Nonstandard spelling of fòu.

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    Etymology

    From French fou.

    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): /fu/

    Noun

    fou (feminine fol) 1. (masculine) mad, crazyperson

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    Alternative forms

    1. fawe, fay, fogh, fow, fowe, vouh 2. fah, fau, foaȝe, foȝ, foh, vaȝe (Early Middle English)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old English fāh, from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz. Forms without final /x/ are a result of levelling from Old English inflected forms (e.g. masculine weak nominative singular fāga).

    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): /fɔu̯/, /fɔu̯x/ 2. Rhymes: -ɔu̯

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    Alternative forms

    1. four (Guernsey)

    Etymology

    From Old French forn, from Latin furnus.

    Noun

    fou m (plural fous) 1. (Jersey) oven

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    Alternative forms

    1. fau

    Etymology

    From Latin fagus.

    Noun

    fou oblique singular, m (oblique plural fous, nominative singular fous, nominative plural fou) 1. beech (tree)

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  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › french-english › fouEnglish translation of 'fou' - Collins Online Dictionary

    adjective. The masculine singular form fou changes to fol before a vowel or most words beginning with ‘h’. mad. Il y a un monde fou sur la plage ! (INFORMAL) There are loads of people on the beach! attraper le fou rire to get the giggles. Collins Beginner’s French-English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. fou. [fu ]

  6. english.stackexchange.com › origin-of-the-word-fouetymology - Origin of the word "fou" - English Language ...

    Jul 14, 2018 · The French word is said to come from the Old French "fol" [3] that means "mad, insane, foolish, silly". "Fol" is said to come from the Latin "follis" [4] which, based on wiktionary data, means "bellows", "purse, sack, money bag", etc.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fouFou Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    ˈfü. Scotland. : drunk sense 1a. Word History. Etymology. Middle English (Scots) fow full, from Middle English full. First Known Use. 1535, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of fou was in 1535. See more words from the same year. Phrases Containing fou. succès fou. Dictionary Entries Near fou. fotui. fou. Foucauldian.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › french-english › fouFOU | translate French to English - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. / fu/ (also folle / fɔl/) Add to word list. (dément) atteint d’une maladie mentale. mad , insane , crazy. un génie fou a mad genius. rendre fou à force de harcèlement. (déraisonnable) qui agit d’une manière contraire à la raison. mad , crazy. Il est fou d’aller là-bas. He’s crazy going there.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFOU definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adjective. irrational or foolish. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Trends of. fou. View usage for: Source: Google Books Ngram Viewer. 2 meanings: Scottish 1. full 2. drunk.... Click for more definitions.