Czech edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfou̯s]
  • Rhymes: -ous
  • Hyphenation: fous

Noun edit

fous m inan

  1. whisker (a hair of the beard)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • fous in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • fous in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

fous

  1. masculine plural of fou

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

fous m

  1. plural of fou

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

fous

  1. inflection of foutre:
    1. first/second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4 edit

Pronoun edit

fous m or f

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of vous

Further reading edit

Luxembourgish edit

Verb edit

fous

  1. second-person singular present indicative of fouen

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old English fūs (ready, eager), from Proto-West Germanic *funs, form Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

fous (poetic)

  1. ready, eager, willing, prompt
    Þei were also fous to fiȝt.Otuel
  2. ardent, motivated, brave
    Heo ne mihte wel reste in hous, heo was so walkynge and so fous; To pley and rage þhouȝte hire swete.Northern Homily Cycle: Narrationes, 1390

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