fiu

See also: FIU, fiú, fíu, fiù, and fiû

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 form of fer

Chuukese

Verb

fiu

1. to fight

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

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.