fo
English
Noun
fo (plural fos)
- (paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio, page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").
Synonyms
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Esperanto
Noun
fo (plural fo-oj, accusative singular fo-on, accusative plural fo-ojn)
- The name of the Latin script letter F/f.
See also
- (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/be, co/ce, ĉo/ĉa, do/de, e, fo/ef, go/ge, ĝo/ĝe, ho/ha, ĥo/ĥi, i, jo/je, ĵo/ĵi, ko/ka, lo/el, mo/om, no/en, o, po/pa, ro/ar, so/es, ŝo/eŝ, to/ta, u, ŭo/eŭ, vo/vi, zo/ze (Category: eo:Latin letter names)
Jèrriais
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Romanization
fo
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *wo, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)upo (“under, up from under”).
Preposition
fo
Inflection
| Singular | Plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd m. | 3rd f. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Normal | foym | foyd | fo | foee | foin | feue | foue |
| Emphatic | foyms | foyds | fosyn | foeeish | foinyn | feueish | fouesyn |
Pronoun
fo
Derived terms
- fosyn (emphatic)
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wo, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)upo (“under, up from under”).
Preposition
fo
Descendants
Scottish Gaelic
Preposition
fo
Antonyms
Usage notes
- Lenites the following noun.
Derived terms
- The following prepositional pronouns:
| Combining
pronoun |
Prepositional
pronoun |
Prepositional
pronoun (emphatic) |
| mi | fodham | fodhamsa |
| tu | fodhad | fodhadsa |
| e | fodha | fodhasan |
| i | foidhpe | foidhpese |
| sinn | fodhainn | fodhainne |
| sibh | fodhaibh | fodhaibhse |
| iad | fodhpa | fodhpasan |
Welsh
Pronunciation
Pronoun
fo
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.