"fo" meaning in English

See fo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: fos [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of folio Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|folio}} Clipping of folio Head templates: {{en-noun}} fo (plural fos)
  1. (paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20"). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: folio (extra: page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").) Categories (topical): Printing, Book sizes, Paper sizes Synonyms (book size): F Synonyms (page and book size): f
    Sense id: en-fo-en-noun-mWfVqfWu Disambiguation of Book sizes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Paper sizes: 91 9 Topics: media, printing, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} fo, {{en-preposition}} fo
  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of fo' Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal Alternative form of: fo'
    Sense id: en-fo-en-prep-20bwuzyd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for fo meaning in English (2.3kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "folio"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of folio",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of folio",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fo (plural fos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "page and book size (10\"-12.5\" x 15\"-20\").",
          "word": "folio"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Printing",
          "orig": "en:Printing",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Book sizes",
          "orig": "en:Book sizes",
          "parents": [
            "Publishing",
            "Industries",
            "Mass media",
            "Business",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Paper sizes",
          "orig": "en:Paper sizes",
          "parents": [
            "Paper",
            "Materials",
            "Manufacturing",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10\"-12.5\" x 15\"-20\")."
      ],
      "id": "en-fo-en-noun-mWfVqfWu",
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "folio",
          "folio#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "paper",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10\"-12.5\" x 15\"-20\")."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "page and book size",
          "word": "f"
        },
        {
          "sense": "book size",
          "word": "F"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fo"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositions",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fo",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fo",
      "name": "en-preposition"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fo'"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of fo'"
      ],
      "id": "en-fo-en-prep-20bwuzyd",
      "links": [
        [
          "fo'",
          "fo'#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Alternative spelling of fo'"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fo"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "en:Book sizes",
    "en:Paper sizes"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "folio"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of folio",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of folio",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fo (plural fos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "page and book size (10\"-12.5\" x 15\"-20\").",
          "word": "folio"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10\"-12.5\" x 15\"-20\")."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "folio",
          "folio#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "paper",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10\"-12.5\" x 15\"-20\")."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "page and book size",
      "word": "f"
    },
    {
      "sense": "book size",
      "word": "F"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fo"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Book sizes",
    "en:Paper sizes"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositions",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fo",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fo",
      "name": "en-preposition"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fo'"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of fo'"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fo'",
          "fo'#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Alternative spelling of fo'"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fo"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.