foula

foula

1. third-person singular past historic of fouler

• IPA^(key): /ˈfowla̝/

Probably from the crossing of Latin faluppa and Latin favīlla (“ash”).[1]

foula f (plural foulas)

1. milldust

   Synonyms: feila, freila

2. (figuratively, literary) splash of sea foam

   Synonym: salseiro

3. (by extension) dandruff

   Synonym: caspa

4. (by extension) snowflake

• enfoular
• lambefoula (“stingy”, literally “milldust licker”)

From Latin fulcus, borrowed from Frankish *fulk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people collectively, multitude; host of warriors”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

foula f (plural foulas)

1. crowd, horde

• “foula” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “foula” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “foula” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From French foulard (“headscarf”)

• IPA^(key): /fuˈla/

foula

1. scarf

From foul +‎ -a or from English foul + -a, if -a is considered a back-formation from foula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʊˌla/

foula (present foular, preterite foulade, supine foulat, imperative foula)

1. (basketball) to foul (to commit a foul)

   Han foulades och fick en straff, vilken han satte.

   He was fouled and got a free throw, which he scored on.