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See also: Foi, FOI, and foʻi

Asturian

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Verb

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foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Chibcha

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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foi

  1. Alternative form of boi

References

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

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French foy, from Old French foi, fei, feid, from Latin fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (to command, to persuade, to trust).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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foi f (plural fois)

  1. faith
  2. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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Inflected form of ir (to go).

Verb

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foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir

Etymology 2

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Inflected form of ser (to be).

Verb

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foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin fidem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. faith
  2. allegiance; faithfulness
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 156 (of the Champion Classiques edition), →ISBN, line 1837:
      sa fei lealment li afie
      he loyally pledges his allegiance to him

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Hyphenation: foi

Verb

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foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir
  2. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser
    • 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 57:
      O jantar aquela noite foi muito agradável.
      The dinner that night was very pleasant.

Interjection

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foi

  1. (Brazil) indicates that an action has been undertaken; done
    Synonym: feito
    — Pode enviar a mensagem? — Foi.
    “Can you send the message?”, “Done.”

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From foaie +‎ -i.

Noun

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foi

  1. plural of foaie

Etymology 2

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Either from foaie +‎ -i or from a Vulgar Latin root *follīre, from Late Latin follēre, present active infinitive of folleō, from Latin follis.

Verb

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a foi (third-person singular present foiește, past participle foit) 4th conj.

  1. (reflexive) to fuss, bustle, move about
  2. (of a place) to be full of people who are busy, teem with
    Synonym: mișuna
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West Makian

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West Makian cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : foi

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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foi (inanimate mafoi, animate dimfoi, polite gomafoi)

  1. five

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as foy)