foi

foi

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

From Middle French foy, from Old French foi, from earlier fei, inherited from Latin fidēs, fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

• IPA^(key): /fwa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: foie, foies, fois
• Hyphenation: foi

foi f (plural fois)

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

• avoir foi
• bonne foi
• mauvaise foi

• féal
• fidèle

• “foi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

foi

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

foi

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

• fai, fei, feid, foy, fid, fiet

From Latin fidem, accusative singular of fidēs. Compare the 11Template:cup C. spelling feid where the link to fidem is clearer.

foi f (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 2-7453-0520-4, line 1837:

     sa fei lealment li afie'he loyally pledges his allegiance to him

• French: foi
• Norman: fouai
• → Middle English: faith, fayth, feith, fayth
  • English: faith
  • Scots: faith

• foy (obsolete)
• foe (obsolete)

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfoj/
• Hyphenation: foi
• Rhymes: -oj

foi

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) preterite indicative of ir
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) preterite indicative of ser
   • 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lya 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.

foi

1. indicates that an action has been undertaken; done

   — Pode enviar a mensagem? — Foi.

   “Can you send the message?”, “Done.”

foi

1. plural of foaie

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

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

• foale
• înfoia