"foe" meaning in English

See foe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /foʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-foe.ogg
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier ifo (“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 pìktas (“evil”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peyḱ-|id=hostile}}, {{inh|en|enm|fo||foe; hostile}} Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), {{inh|en|ang|ġefāh||enemy}} Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*faih}} Proto-West Germanic *faih, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*faihaz}} Proto-Germanic *faihaz, {{cog|ofs|fāch||punishable}} Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), {{cog|gmh|gevēch||feuder}} Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peyḱ-|*peyk/ḱ-|to hate, be hostile|id=hostile}} Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”), {{cog|mga|óech||enemy, fiend}} Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), {{cog|lt|pìktas||evil}} Lithuanian pìktas (“evil”) Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} foe
  1. (obsolete) Hostile. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People Translations (hostile): gegnerisch (German), feindlich (German), ellenséges (Hungarian), rival (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /foʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-foe.ogg Forms: foes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier ifo (“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 pìktas (“evil”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peyḱ-|id=hostile}}, {{inh|en|enm|fo||foe; hostile}} Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), {{inh|en|ang|ġefāh||enemy}} Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*faih}} Proto-West Germanic *faih, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*faihaz}} Proto-Germanic *faihaz, {{cog|ofs|fāch||punishable}} Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), {{cog|gmh|gevēch||feuder}} Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peyḱ-|*peyk/ḱ-|to hate, be hostile|id=hostile}} Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”), {{cog|mga|óech||enemy, fiend}} Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), {{cog|lt|pìktas||evil}} Lithuanian pìktas (“evil”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} foe (plural foes)
  1. An enemy. Synonyms (enemy): adversary, enemy, opponent, fiend Derived forms: befoe, foedom, foehood, foeless, foeship, foesome, identification friend or foe
    Sense id: en-foe-en-noun-wjVBu6Ic Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 41 34 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /foʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-foe.ogg Forms: foes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ 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. Etymology templates: {{acronym of|en|􂀿ten to the power of􂁀 fifty-one ergs|dot=,}} Acronym of [ten to the power of] fifty-one ergs, Head templates: {{en-noun}} foe (plural foes)
  1. A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules. Synonyms: bethe (alt: B)
    Sense id: en-foe-en-noun-72DwsIRq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Units of energy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 41 34 24 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 25 16 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: 'identification friend or foe', originally 'identification friend or foe'",
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