fiu

See also: FIU, fiú, fíu, fiù, fiû, and fiũ

Translingual

Symbol

fiu

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Finno-Ugric languages.

Catalan

Verb

fiu

first-person singular preterite indicative of fer

Chuukese

Verb

fiu

to fight

Mandarin

Romanization

fiu

Nonstandard spelling of fiū.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Occitan

Alternative forms

filh, hilh

Etymology

From Old Occitan filh, from Latin fīlius.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfiw]
Audio (Gascony): (file)

Noun

fiu m

(Provençal) son

Old Irish

Adjective

fiu

Alternative spelling of fíu

Picard

Etymology

From Old French fil, from Latin filius.

Noun

fiu m (plural fius)

son

Related terms

file

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fiw]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīlius. Unrelated to Hungarian fiú (of Uralic origin) despite almost identical pronunciation and meaning.

Noun

fiu m (plural fii)

son
Eu sunt fiul ei.
I’m her son.

Au doi fii.
They have two sons.

Astăzi e ziua de naștere a fiului meu.
Today is my son’s birthday.

Declension

^{The template Template:ro-noun-m-u does not use the parameter(s): voc=fiule
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	fiu	fiul	fii	fiii
genitive-dative	fiu	fiului	fii	fiilor
vocative	fiule		fiilor

Derived terms

Related terms

fie

Etymology 2

Form of the verb fi

Verb

fiu

first-person singular present subjunctive of fi
O să fiu mai atent.
I will be more careful.