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class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Adjective" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="En-au-foo.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/En-au-foo.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/En-au-foo.ogg/En-au-foo.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-au-foo.ogg" title="File:En-au-foo.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/u%CB%90" title="Rhymes:English/uː"><span class="IPA">-uː</span></a></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-fu#English" title="-fu">-fu</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" class="extiw" title="w:Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a></span> <i class="Hani mention" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BA%9C#Mandarin" title="府">府</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">fǔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">foo</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foos#English" title="foos">foos</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fu#English" title="fu">fu</a></i></span></span>: an <a href="/wiki/administrative" title="administrative">administrative</a> <a href="/wiki/subdivision" title="subdivision">subdivision</a> of <a href="/wiki/imperial" title="imperial">imperial</a> <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>; the <a href="/wiki/capital" title="capital">capital</a> of <a href="/wiki/such" title="such">such</a> <a href="/wiki/division" title="division">divisions</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinese_Good_Fortune_Cross_Stitch_Pattern.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Chinese_Good_Fortune_Cross_Stitch_Pattern.JPG/250px-Chinese_Good_Fortune_Cross_Stitch_Pattern.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Chinese_Good_Fortune_Cross_Stitch_Pattern.JPG/330px-Chinese_Good_Fortune_Cross_Stitch_Pattern.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Chinese_Good_Fortune_Cross_Stitch_Pattern.JPG/500px-Chinese_Good_Fortune_Cross_Stitch_Pattern.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2433" data-file-height="3244" /></a><figcaption><b>foo</b> is presumably based on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fu_character" class="extiw" title="w:fu character">fu character</a> (fú, 福)</figcaption></figure> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/60px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/foo" class="extiw" title="w:foo">foo</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/foo" class="extiw" title="w:foo">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r83974623">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid;display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:first-child{float:none!important;flex:none}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:nth-child(2){margin-left:0.55em!important}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-hide{display:none}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-inline-block{display:inline-block;margin-left:0!important}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" class="extiw" title="w:Chinese language">Chinese</a></span> <i class="Hani mention" lang="zh"><a href="/wiki/%E7%A6%8F#Chinese" title="福">福</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="zh-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">fú</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">fortunate; prosperity, good luck</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, via its use as <i class="Hani mention" lang="zh"><a href="/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E6%98%9F#Chinese" title="福星">福星</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="zh-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">Fúxīng</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">Jupiter</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> in Chinese statues of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanxing_(deities)" class="extiw" title="w:Sanxing (deities)">Three Lucky Stars</a>, picked up from c. 1935 as a nonsense word in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Holman_(cartoonist)" class="extiw" title="w:Bill Holman (cartoonist)">Bill Holman</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Stover" class="extiw" title="w:Smokey Stover">Smokey Stover</a></i> comic strip,<sup id="cite_ref-jargon_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jargon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whence it was picked up by <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_(comic_strip)" class="extiw" title="w:Pogo (comic strip)">Pogo</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daffy_Doc" class="extiw" title="w:The Daffy Doc">Looney Tunes</a></i>, and others. 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class="mention-gloss">placeholder god</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foobar#English" title="foobar">foobar</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/FUBAR#English" title="FUBAR">FUBAR</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/minced_oath" title="minced oath">minced</a> form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fuck#English" title="fuck">fuck</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interjection">Interjection</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">foo</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">Expression of disappointment or disgust.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Oh <b>foo</b> – the cake burnt!</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">expression of disgust</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/darn#English" title="darn">darn</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/drat#English" title="drat">drat</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Etymology 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo%27#English" title="foo'">foo'</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">foo</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foos#English" title="foos">foos</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/pronunciation_spelling" title="pronunciation spelling">Pronunciation spelling</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fool#English" title="fool">fool</a></i></span></span>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2020</b></span>, J. Lewis Johnson, <cite>A Dark Night in the Fieldhouse</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">[page 10:] "I knew you'd be scared," Reggie laughed. "What are you doin', <b>foo</b>? You must be crazy. You don't scare me." "Then why did you almost fall out of that chair? I scare everyone."<br />[page 38:] "This is coo," said Fred. "It's almost like being there." "We are there, <b>foo</b>!" said Reggie as the boys slapped palms.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-jargon-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-jargon_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-jargon_1-1">1.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond" class="extiw" title="w:Eric S. Raymond">Eric S[teven] Raymond</a>, editor (2003 December 29), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html">foo</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon_File" class="extiw" title="w:Jargon File">The Jargon File</a>, version 4.4.7</cite>.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smokey-stover.com/history.html">The History of Bill Holman</a>", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smokey-stover.com/">Smokey-Stover.com</a>, Smokey Stover LLC – article by nephew of Bill Holman</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990222143614/http://members.aol.com/EOCostello/">Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion</a>"</span> </li> </ol></div> <ul><li><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3092" class="extiw" title="rfc:3092">rfc:3092</a>, <i>Etymology of "Foo"</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" class="extiw" title="w:Internet Engineering Task Force">Internet Engineering Task Force</a> (IETF)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher-header">Multiword terms containing "foo" (probably unrelated to the above etymologies)</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo_dog#English" title="foo dog">foo dog</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo_fighter#English" title="foo fighter">foo fighter</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo-foo#English" title="foo-foo">foo-foo</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo-foo_band#English" title="foo-foo band">foo-foo band</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo-foo_juice#English" title="foo-foo juice">foo-foo juice</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo_lion#English" title="foo lion">foo lion</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo_young#English" title="foo young">foo young</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foo_yung#English" title="foo yung">foo yung</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/oof#English" title="oof">oof</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Japanese">Japanese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Japanese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Japanese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Japanese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[ɸɯ̟ː]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interjection_2">Interjection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Jpan headword" lang="ja"><ruby>foo<rp>(</rp><rt><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E3%83%95%E3%83%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="フー (page does not exist)">フー</a></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Japanese_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Japanese transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ja-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/f%C5%AB#Japanese" title="fū">fū</a></span></span>) <i></i> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">chiefly in popular music</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/whoo" title="whoo">whoo</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the oblique stem of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=gefah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gefah (page does not exist)">ġefāh</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_4">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">foo</strong></span> (<i>plural</i> <b><span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/foos#Middle_English" title="foos">foos</a></span></b>) </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/fo#Middle_English" title="fo">fo</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/fa#Old_English" title="fa">fā</a></i>, variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/fah#Old_English" title="fah">fāh</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">foo</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/fo#Middle_English" title="fo">fo</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb">Adverb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">foo</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/fo#Middle_English" title="fo">fo</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Murui_Huitoto">Murui Huitoto</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Murui Huitoto"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="huu"><a href="/wiki/fo#Murui_Huitoto" title="fo">fo</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murui_Huitoto_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Murui Huitoto phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[ˈɸɔː]</span></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="huu">foo</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb_2">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="huu">foo</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/in" title="in">in</a>, <a href="/wiki/inside" title="inside">inside</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Shirley Burtch (<span class="None" lang="und">1983</span>) <cite>Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I)</cite> (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/49/71/71/49717183428771173670915832066516810066/TOMO_1_ocr.pdf">[1]</a></sup> (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page <span class="None" lang="und">91</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (<span class="None" lang="und">2017</span>) <cite>A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/51983/">[2]</a></sup>, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page <span class="None" lang="und">145</span></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scots">Scots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See also <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/hoo#Scots" title="hoo">hoo</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Scots_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Scots pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fuː/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb_3">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">foo</strong> (<i>not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/how" title="how">how</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/why" title="why">why</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_3">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dsl.ac.uk/results/foo">foo, <i>adv.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Scots Language">The Dictionary of the Scots Language</a></cite>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Language_Dictionaries" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish Language Dictionaries">Scottish Language Dictionaries</a>, 2004–present, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/57069714">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tetum">Tetum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Tetum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=foo&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="tet">foo</strong></span> </p> <ol><li>to <a href="/wiki/stink" title="stink">stink</a></li></ol>    </div><noscript><img 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