fous

Czech

Alternative forms

• vous

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fous m inan (diminutive fousek)

1. whisker (a hair of the beard)

Declension

Declension of fous (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	fous	fousy
genitive	fousu	fousů
dative	fousu	fousům
accusative	fous	fousy
vocative	fouse	fousy
locative	fousu	fousech
instrumental	fousem	fousy

Derived terms

• basama s fousama
• fousatý
• fousáč
• Fousek
• fousek
• fousy
• na fous
• na fous přesně
• nejít někomu něco pod fousy
• o fous

Further reading

• “fous”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fous”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• fosu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu/

• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Homophones: fou, fout, foux

Etymology 1

Adjective

fous

1. masculine plural of fou

Etymology 2

Noun

fous m

1. plural of fou

Etymology 3

Verb

fous

1. inflection of foutre:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

Pronoun

fous m or f

1. (nonstandard) alternative form of vous

Further reading

• “fous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Luxembourgish

Verb

fous

1. second-person singular present indicative of fouen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fus, fuus, vous, wous

Etymology

Inherited from Old English fūs (“ready, eager”), from Proto-West Germanic *funs, from Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuːs/

Adjective

fous (poetic)

1. ready, eager, willing, prompt

   Þei were also fous to fiȝt. — Otuel

2. ardent, motivated, brave

   Heo ne mihte wel reste in hous, heo was so walkynge and so fous; To pley and rage þhouȝte hire swete. — Northern Homily Cycle: Narrationes, 1390

Related terms

• fusen
• outfous