foi

See also: Foi, FOI, and foʻi

Asturian

Verb

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Chibcha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βoi/

Noun

foi

  1. Alternative form of boi

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French foy, from Old French foi, fei, feid, from Latin fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (to command, to persuade, to trust).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

foi f (plural fois)

  1. faith
  2. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ir (to go).

Verb

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (to be).

Verb

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fidem.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈfei̯θ/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈfoi̯/, (northern) /ˈfei̯/

Noun

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

  1. faith
  2. allegiance; faithfulness
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 156 (of the Champion Classiques edition), →ISBN, line 1837:
      sa fei lealment li afie
      he loyally pledges his allegiance to him

Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfoj/ [ˈfoɪ̯]

  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Hyphenation: foi

Verb

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir
  2. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser
    • 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 57:
      O jantar aquela noite foi muito agradável.
      The dinner that night was very pleasant.

Interjection

foi

  1. (Brazil) indicates that an action has been undertaken; done
    Synonym: feito
    — Pode enviar a mensagem?Foi.
    “Can you send the message?”, “Done.”

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oj

Etymology 1

From foaie + -i.

Noun

foi

  1. plural of foaie

Etymology 2

Either from foaie + -i or from a Vulgar Latin root *follīre, from Late Latin follēre, present active infinitive of folleō, from Latin follis.

Verb

a foi (third-person singular present foiește, past participle foit) 4th conj.

  1. (reflexive) to fuss, bustle, move about
  2. (of a place) to be full of people who are busy, teem with
    Synonym: mișuna
Conjugation
See also

West Makian

West Makian cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : foi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸo.i/

Numeral

foi (inanimate mafoi, animate dimfoi, polite gomafoi)

  1. five

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics (as foy)
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