Italian

Proper noun

Fo ?

1. A surname​.
2. Dario Fo, Italian comedian, actor, songwriter, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature

English

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

Clipping of for

Preposition

fo

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of fo'

Anagrams

• of, OF, OF.

Esperanto

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 ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fəʊ]

Noun

fo

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

Verb

fo

1. to peel (remove skin)

Italian

Verb

fo

1. first-person singular present of fare

Usage notes

fo is an alternative form (with respect to faccio) for the present indicative of the first person. Its usage is mainly literary and archaic^[1] but is still used in some regional forms of Italian.

Synonyms

• faccio

References

1. ↑ “io faccio,io fo”, in Google books Ngram Viewer, accessed June 28, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

fo

1. rōmaji reading of ふぉ
2. rōmaji reading of フォ

Lojban

Cmavo

fo

1. indicates that the following word or phrase is the x₄sumti

Related terms

• fa
• fe
• fi
• fu

Mandarin

Romanization

fo

1. Nonstandard spelling of fó.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fò.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo ‎(“under, up from under”).

Preposition

fo

1. under
2. below

Inflection

Pronoun

fo

1. third-person singular masculine of fo

   under him/it

Derived terms

• fosyn (emphatic)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fol, from Latin follis.

Pronunciation

Noun

fo m ‎(plural fos)

1. (Jersey) madman

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fu

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo ‎(“under, up from under”).

Preposition

fo

1. under
2. beneath
3. towards
4. through
5. throughout

Derived terms

• fu acis

Related terms

• fo-

Descendants

• Irish: faoi
• Manx: fo
• Scottish Gaelic: fo

Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

fo

1. under, below, beneath
2. under the influence of

Antonyms

• os cionn

Usage notes

• Lenites the following noun.

Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Sranan Tongo

Numeral

fo

1. (cardinal) four

Venetian

Verb

fo

1. first-person singular present indicative of far

Volapük

Preposition

fo

1. in front of; before (place)

Antonyms

• po

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voː]

Pronoun

fo

1. he, him.

Usage notes

Fo is used in north Wales and a variant of o. The choice between o and fo is dependent on grammatical and euphonic considerations. The forms e and fe are used in the south.

Verb

fo

1. Soft mutation of bo.