foia

See also: FOIA

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan fòvia, from Latin fovea. Doublet of fòvea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɔ.ja]

Noun

foia f (plural foies)

1. (archaic) hole
2. (geology) depression, basin

   Synonym: clotada

Further reading

• “foia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “foia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βoia/

Noun

foia

1. Alternative form of boi

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔja̝/

Noun

foia m (plural foias)

1. glutton (one who eats voraciously)
2. hole where wood is burnt to produce charcoal

   Synonym: froia

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin furia (“frenzy”). Doublet of furia, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: fò‧ia

Noun

foia f (plural foie)

1. rut, heat (in animals)
2. lust (in people)

Further reading

• foia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• faio

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [foˈja]

Verb

foia

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of foi