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foe en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /fəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /foʊ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier yfoh, yvo, ifa (“foe”), from Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), from fāh (“hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”) (compare Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), Lithuanian pi̇̀ktas (“evil”)).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Hostile.
    • he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, to engage his person, under the power of a barbarous King […]. , vol.1, ch.23

Translations (6)

da fjendtlig (hostile) · hu ellenséges (hostile) · de feindlich (hostile) · de gegnerisch (hostile) · es rival (hostile) · es inimicísimo (disused) (hostile)

foe en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /fəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /foʊ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier yfoh, yvo, ifa (“foe”), from Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), from fāh (“hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”) (compare Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), Lithuanian pi̇̀ktas (“evil”)).

Meanings

  1. An enemy.
    • And a mans foes ſhalbe they of his owne houſhold. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:36:
    • Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee. 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:

Forms

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Antonyms

ally (antonym(s) of “enemy”) · friend (antonym(s) of “enemy”)

Deriveds

foeship · foedom · foeman · foesome · archfoe · feud · foehood · identification friend or foe · befoe · foeless · foelike

Synonyms

enemy (enemy) · fiend (enemy) · adversary (enemy) · opponent (enemy)

Source: en.wiktionary, “foe” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

foe en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /fəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /foʊ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Acronym of [ten to the power of] fifty-one ergs, due to equalling 10⁵¹ ergs; coined by Gerald Brown of Stony Brook University in his work with Hans Bethe.

Meanings

  1. A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules.

Forms

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Synonyms

bethe