"fois" meaning in French

See fois in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fwa/ Audio: Fr-fois.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: fois [plural]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Inherited from Middle French foys, from Old French foiz, from earlier feiz, from Latin vicem. The reason for the development of an initial /f/, instead of the expected /v/, is not entirely clear. It may be the result of voicing assimilation to the final consonants of numerals such as deus (“two”) or set (“seven”), which would have often preceded the word. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish vez. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|foys|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French foys, {{inh+|fr|frm|foys}} Inherited from Middle French foys, {{inh|fr|fro|foiz}} Old French foiz, {{m|fro|feiz}} feiz, {{inh|fr|la|vicis|vicem}} Latin vicem, {{m|fro|deus|t=two}} deus (“two”), {{m|fro|set|t=seven}} set (“seven”), {{cog|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{cog|es|vez}} Spanish vez Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} fois f (plural fois)
  1. time (an instance or repetition of something happening) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fois-fr-noun-81mK8xmL
  2. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Arithmetic
    Sense id: en-fois-fr-noun-oKua6q~O Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 22 70 7 Topics: arithmetic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: à la fois (english: at the same time), des fois que, encore une fois (english: one more time), il était une fois (english: once upon a time), merci mille fois (english: thank you so much), ne pas se le faire dire deux fois, on ne vit qu’une fois, parfois [sometimes], plutôt deux fois qu’une, pour une fois (english: for once), première fois, quelquefois, trois fois rien (english: three times nothing), une bonne fois pour toutes (english: once and for all), une fois, une fois n’est pas coutume, une fois pour toutes (english: once and for all), une fois que, une fois toutes les lunes, y regarder à deux fois

Noun

IPA: /fwa/ Audio: Fr-fois.ogg [France, Paris]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{non-lemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|noun form|g=f}} fois f
  1. plural of foi Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: foi
    Sense id: en-fois-fr-noun-2Ah2Fi3P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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