fiu

See also: FIU, fiú, fíu, fiù, fiû, and fiũ

Translingual

Symbol

fiu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Finno-Ugric languages.

Catalan

Verb

fiu

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of fer

Chuukese

Verb

fiu

1. to fight

Mandarin

Romanization

fiu

1. Nonstandard spelling of fiū.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• filh, hilh

Etymology

From Old Occitan filh, from Latin fīlius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiw]

• Audio (Gascon)

  (file)

Noun

fiu m

1. (Provençal) son

Old Irish

Adjective

fiu

1. Alternative spelling of fíu

Picard

Etymology

From Old French fil, from Latin filius.

Noun

fiu m (plural fius)

1. son

Related terms

• file

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fiw]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīlius. Unrelated to Hungarian fiú (of Uralic origin) despite almost identical pronunciation and meaning.

Noun

fiu m (plural fii)

1. son

   Eu sunt fiul ei.

   I’m her son.

   Au doi fii.

   They have two sons.

   Astăzi e ziua de naștere a fiului meu.

   Today is my son’s birthday.

Declension

Declension of fiu

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fiu	fiul	(niște) fii	fiii
genitive/dative	(unui) fiu	fiului	(unor) fii	fiilor
vocative	fiule		fiilor

Derived terms

• fiuleț
• fiuț
• înfia

 

Related terms

• fie

See also

• tată
• mamă
• fiică

Etymology 2

Form of the verb fi

Verb

fiu

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fi

   O să fiu mai atent.

   I will be more careful.