See also: Fois

Bavarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Fossilized genitive of Foi, from Middle High German val, from Old High German fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall. Compare German falls.

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

fois (Central Bavarian)

  1. if, in case, in the event that

Related terms edit

Dalmatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fūsus.

Noun edit

fois m

  1. spindle

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Middle French foys, from Old French foiz, from earlier feiz, from Latin vicem. The reason for the development of an initial /f/, instead of the expected /v/, is not entirely clear. It may be the result of voicing assimilation to the final consonants of numerals such as deus (two) or set (seven), which would have often preceded the word.[1] Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish vez.

Noun edit

fois f (plural fois)

  1. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)
    J’y vais deux fois par mois.
    I go there twice a month.
    Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années.
    I talked to him for the first time a few years ago.
  2. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

fois f

  1. plural of foi

References edit

  1. ^ fois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams edit

Irish edit

Noun edit

fois

  1. vocative/genitive singular of fos

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fois fhois bhfois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old French edit

Noun edit

fois oblique singularf (oblique plural fois, nominative singular fois, nominative plural fois)

  1. Alternative form of foiz

Scottish Gaelic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fois f (genitive singular foise, plural foisean)

  1. rest, relaxation, repose, leisure
  2. peace, standstill

Derived terms edit