fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

Etymology 1

From fuck + you.

Interjection

fu

  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of fuck you.

Etymology 2
  • Abbreviation

Noun

fu (plural fus)

  1. flux unit

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

Noun

fu (plural fu)

  1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.

Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

fu (uncountable)

  1. Expertise, mastery
    UNIX fu

References
  • fu at OneLook Dictionary Search

Ama

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɸu/

Noun

fu

  1. pig

References
  • Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -u

Verb

fu

  1. third-person singular past historic of essere

Adjective

fu

  1. deceased, late

Synonyms

Japanese

Romanization

fu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of フ

Lashi

Classifier

fu

  1. classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf

References

Mandarin

Romanization

fu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fù.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Nalik

Particle

fu

  1. plural marker on some words

Coordinate terms
  • mun (usual plural marker)

Further reading
  • Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, which derives from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include West Frisian fange and Mooring North Frisian füünj.

Verb

fu

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to get, obtain, receive

Conjugation
Conjugation of fu
infinitive I fu
infinitive II tu fuen
past participle fingen
imperative singular fu
imperative plural fu'm
  present past
1st-person singular ik fu ik fing
2nd-person singular dü feist/feest dü fingst
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at feit/fee hi/hat/at fing
1st-person dual wat fu wat fing
2nd-person dual jat fu jat fing
1st-person plural wi fu wi fing
2nd-person plural jam fu jam fing
3rd-person plural jo fu jo fing
  perfect pluperfect
1st-person singular ik haa fingen ik hed fingen
2nd-person singular dü heest fingen dü hedst fingen
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at hee fingen hi/hat/at hed fingen
1st-person dual wat haa fingen wat hed fingen
2nd-person dual jat haa fingen jat hed fingen
1st-person plural wi haa fingen wi hed fingen
2nd-person plural jam haa fingen jam hed fingen
3rd-person plural jo haa fingen jo hed fingen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st-person singular ik skal fu ik wal fu
2nd-person singular dü skääl fu dü wääl fu
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at skal fu hi/hat/at wal fu
1st-person dual wat skel fu wat wel fu
2nd-person dual jat skel fu jat wel fu
1st-person plural wi skel fu wi wel fu
2nd-person plural jam skel fu jam wel fu
3rd-person plural jo skel fu jo wel fu

Old French

Etymology

Reduced form of Latin focus.

Noun

fu m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)

  1. fire

Descendants
  • Middle French: feu

Old Irish

Preposition

fu

  1. Alternative form of fo

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fu]

Verb

fu

  1. (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi

Synonyms

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fu/

Interjection

fu

  1. An indication of disgust
  2. The hissing of a cat

Sranan Tongo

Preposition

fu

  1. of

Swahili

Adjective

-fu (declinable)

  1. dead

Inflection
Inflected forms of -fu
Noun class singular plural
M-wa class mfu
M-mi class mfu mifu
Ma class fu mafu
Ki-vi class kifu vifu
N class fu fu
U class mfu fu
Pa class pafu pafu
Ku class kufu kufu
Mu class mufu mufu

Derived terms

Vilamovian

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Preposition

fu

  1. from

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

fu

  1. Soft mutation of bu.
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