feo

See also: fẽo and fe'o

Esperanto

Etymology

From French fée and German Fee, by way of feino with the feminine suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeo/
  • Hyphenation: fe‧o
  • Rhymes: -eo

Noun

feo (accusative singular feon, plural feoj, accusative plural feojn)

  1. fairy

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese feo, from Latin foedus (hideous).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeo̝/

Adjective

feo m (feminine singular fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas)

  1. ugly
    Synonym: laido
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fẽo, from Latin faenum (hay). Cognate with Portuguese feno, Spanish heno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeo̝/

Alternative forms

Noun

feo m (plural feos)

  1. hay
    • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:
      Jtem. deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto, que naturalmente som para seu comer.
      Item. The foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oat, spelt —that is, melga— and things that are similar to these, which are naturally for them to eat
  2. beachgrass
Derived terms
  • feal
  • Feal
  • Feais
  • Feáns
  • Feás

Further reading

References

  • feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • feo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • feo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • feo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin foedus (hideous). Cognate with Portuguese feio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeo/

Adjective

feo (feminine singular fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas) (superlative feísimo)

  1. ugly
    Antonyms: guapo, bonito, bello, hermoso
  2. (Mexico) bad, gross, mean, nasty
  3. in poor condition

Derived terms

Further reading

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