"fou" meaning in French

See fou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fu/ Audio: Fr-fou.ogg Forms: fol [before-vowel, masculine, singular], folle [feminine], foux [masculine, obsolete, plural], fous [masculine, plural], folles [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Inherited from Middle French fol, from Old French fol, from Latin follem. Cognate with English fool. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|fol|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French fol, {{inh+|fr|frm|fol}} Inherited from Middle French fol, {{inh|fr|fro|fol}} Old French fol, {{inh|fr|la|follis|follem}} Latin follem, {{cog|en|fool}} English fool Head templates: {{fr-adj|f=folle|mp=foux|mp2=+|mpqual=obsolete|mv=fol}} fou (masculine singular before vowel fol, feminine folle, masculine plural (obsolete) foux or fous, feminine plural folles)
  1. mad, crazy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fou de la gâchette
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fu/ Audio: Fr-fou.ogg Forms: fous [plural], foux [obsolete, plural], folle [feminine]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Inherited from Middle French fol, from Old French fol, from Latin follem. Cognate with English fool. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|fol|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French fol, {{inh+|fr|frm|fol}} Inherited from Middle French fol, {{inh|fr|fro|fol}} Old French fol, {{inh|fr|la|follis|follem}} Latin follem, {{cog|en|fool}} English fool Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|+|foux|f=folle|pqual2=obsolete}} fou m (plural fous or (obsolete) foux, feminine folle)
  1. madman Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People, Personality
    Sense id: en-fou-fr-noun-O3TdA4YE Disambiguation of People: 0 46 34 19 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 2 63 19 12 2 2
  2. jester (court entertainer) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fou-fr-noun-uk5Au9aI
  3. (colloquial) nut (extreme enthusiast) Tags: colloquial, masculine Synonyms: malade
    Sense id: en-fou-fr-noun-JbMhRkU-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fou de la gâchette, début du fou, fou de Bassan, s’amuser comme un petit fou Related terms: folie, folle
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fu/ Audio: Fr-fou.ogg Forms: fous [plural]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Derived from Spanish alfil, from Arabic اَلْفِيل (al-fīl, “elephant; bishop (chess piece)”), influenced by Etymology 1. Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|fr|es|alfil|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Spanish alfil, {{der+|fr|es|alfil}} Derived from Spanish alfil, {{der|fr|ar|فيل||elephant; bishop (chess piece)|alt=اَلْفِيل}} Arabic اَلْفِيل (al-fīl, “elephant; bishop (chess piece)”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} fou m (plural fous)
  1. (chess) bishop Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Chess, Chess Categories (lifeform): Suliform birds
    Sense id: en-fou-fr-noun-vW5Q0YLt Disambiguation of Chess: 6 6 10 4 69 6 Disambiguation of Suliform birds: 6 7 6 6 45 30 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 7 9 49 13 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  2. booby (bird) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fou-fr-noun-w~MAXzUj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: roi, dame, tour, cavalier, pion
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}

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