"フォー" meaning in Japanese

See フォー in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɸo̞ː] Forms: [romanization], フォア [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from English four. Etymology templates: {{cardinalbox|ja|3|4|5|スリー|ファイブ}}, {{bor|ja|en|four}} English four Head templates: {{ja-noun}} フォー • (fō)
  1. (informal) four Tags: informal Synonyms: (ruby: (よん)) (english: yon), (shi) (ruby: ()), 四つ (yotsu) (ruby: ()), 四つ (yottsu) (ruby: (よっ))
    Sense id: en-フォー-ja-noun-BO-vCA9a Categories (other): Card games, Four Disambiguation of Four: 85 15 Related terms: エース (ēsu) (english: ace), ツー (tsū) (english: two), (ni) (english: two), デュース (dyūsu) (english: deuce), スリー (surī) (english: three), (san) (english: three), トレイ (torei) (english: trey), (english: four; yon), ケイト (keito) (english: cater), ファイブ (faibu) (english: five), (english: five; go), シンク (shinku) (english: cinque), シックス (shikkusu) (english: six), (roku) (english: six), サイス (saisu) (english: sice), セブン (sebun) (english: seven), (nana) (english: seven), エイト (eito) (english: eight), (hachi) (english: eight), ナイン (nain) (english: nine), (kyū) (english: nine), テン (english: ten; ten), () (english: ten), ジャック (jakku) (english: jack), クイーン (kuīn) (english: queen), キング (kingu) (english: king), ジョーカー (jōkā) (english: joker)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɸo̞ː] Forms: [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese phở. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|vi|phở}} Vietnamese phở Head templates: {{ja-noun}} フォー • (fō)
  1. pho (Vietnamese rice noodle)
    Sense id: en-フォー-ja-noun-Cz~YTAU- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Soups Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Soups: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "english": "jack",
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      "english": "jack",
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Download raw JSONL data for フォー meaning in Japanese (4.3kB)

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