fo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Faroese or Faroese føroyskt.

Symbol

fo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Faroese.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Faroese terms

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

fo

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Clipping of folio.

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

Preposition

fo

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of fo'.

Anagrams

• OF, OF., Of-, of

Asaro'o

Noun

fo

1. (Molet Kasu, Molet Mur) water

Alternative forms

• po (Asaro'o)

References

• John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars, 2012, page 50

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo/ [ˈfo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: fo

Verb

fo

1. alternative form of foi

Beneraf

Noun

fo

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107

Berik

Noun

fo

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107

Bislama

Bislama cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : fo

Etymology

From English four.

Numeral

fo

1. four

Cameroon Pidgin

Preposition

fo

1. alternative spelling of for

Chinese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English follow.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fou
    • Wade–Giles: fou¹
    • Yale: fōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fou
    • Palladius: фоу (fou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

fo

1. (Internet, Internet slang) to follow (subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)

Synonyms

• 關注／关注 (guānzhù)

Etymology 2

From clipping of English focus.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fou¹
    • Yale: fōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. alternative form of foc

Verb

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. alternative form of foc

Etymology 3

From clipping of English follow.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo¹
    • Yale: fō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. (Internet slang) alternative form of fol

Dineor

Noun

fo

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /fo/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: fo

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

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fò/, [f͈ò]

Noun

fò (plural fowo)

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

Verb

fò

1. to peel (remove skin)

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English four.

Numeral

fo

1. four