fow

See also: FOW and FoW

English

Etymology

From Old Norse fága.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊ/

Verb

fow (third-person singular simple present fows, present participle fowing, simple past and past participle fowed)

1. (Early Modern, obsolete) To clean, cleanse (out), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.

Derived terms

• fower

Anagrams

• OWF, WOF, OFW

Cornish

Fowen europek (Fagus sylvatica)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *fau, from Latin fāgus. Cognate with Breton faou and first syllable of Welsh ffawydd.

Noun

fow pl (singulative fowen)

1. beech trees

Derived terms

• fow rudhlas (“copper beech”)
• Fowydh (“Fowey”)
• know fow (“beech nuts”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *fowyā, from Latin fovea. Cognate with Welsh ffau (“den”).

Noun

fow f (plural fowys)

1. cave

   Synonyms: gogow, gwag, kav, mogow

Fula

Alternative forms

• fop
• foppet

Etymology

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Adverb

fow

1. all, all of

See also

• fofow
• fowma
• fuu (Maasina)

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish fogbai, from Old Irish fo·gaib.

Verb

fow (past hooar, future independent yiow, verbal noun feddyn or geddyn, past participle feddynit or geddynit)

1. find
2. get

Derived terms

• baase y gheddyn (“to die”)
• fow magh (“to discover”)
• fow marish (“to have sex with”)
• rey y gheddyn rish (“to get rid of”)

Middle English

Noun

fow

1. Alternative form of fou

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch vouw.

Noun

fow

1. fold

Verb

fow

1. to fold

Adjective

fow

1. bent, crooked