# fu
## English
### Etymology 1

From fuck + you.

#### Interjection

fu
* (Internet slang) Initialism of fuck you.

### Etymology 2

* Abbreviation

#### Noun

fu (plural fus)
* flux unit

### Etymology 3

From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

#### Noun

fu (plural fu)
* A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.

##### Translations
### Etymology 4
#### Noun

fu (uncountable)
* (informal) kung fu
** 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 315:But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.

### Etymology 5
#### Suffix

fu
* Alternative spelling of -fu
    UNIX fu

### References

* “fu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Ama
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɸu/

### Noun

fu
* pig

### References

* Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English feel. Possibly influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese feel (fiu$^1$).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fiū
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄧㄡ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fiū
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fiou
*** Wade–Giles: fiu$^1$
*** Yale: fyōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fiou
*** Palladius: фю (fju)
*** Sinological IPA : /fi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

### Noun

fu
* (Taiwan, neologism) vibe; atmosphere

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfu/$^*$, /ˈfu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: fù

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

fu (invariable)
* deceased, late
    Synonym: defunto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fu
* third-person singular past historic of essere

### Further reading

fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Japanese
### Romanization

fu
* The hiragana syllable ふ (fu) or the katakana syllable フ (fu) in Hepburn romanization.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfuː/, [ˈfuː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfu/, [ˈfuː]

### Interjection

fū
* foh! fie! (expressing aversion)

#### Usage notes

Can take the dative

#### Related terms

* foe

## Lithuanian
### Interjection

fu
* Clipping of fui.

### References

* “fu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

## Mandarin
### Romanization

fu
* Nonstandard spelling of fū.
* Nonstandard spelling of fú.
* Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of fù.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Nalik
### Particle

fu
* plural marker on some words

#### Coordinate terms

* mun (usual plural marker)

### Further reading

* Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* füünj (Mooring)
* fo (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to seize, grasp”). The semantic development in North Frisian may have been influenced by cognate Danish få. The retention of the Germanic stem alternation may also have been reinforced by it. Other cognates include West Frisian fange, Dutch vangen, German fangen (all “to catch”).

### Verb

fu
* (Föhr-Amrum) to get, receive, obtain

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).

### Noun

fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)
* (anatomy, colloquial) ass

#### Related terms

* fitte

### References

* “fu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin focus.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

fu oblique singular, m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)
* fire

#### Descendants

* Middle French: feu
** French: feu

## Old Irish
### Preposition

fu
* Alternative form of fo

## Polish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: fu

### Interjection

fu
* (colloquial, childish) yuck, ick (expression of disgust)
    Synonyms: fe, fuj, pfu, pfuj
* (colloquial, childish) no, bad (reprimand of behavior)
    Synonyms: fe, fuj

#### Related terms

* fuj

### Further reading

* fu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* fu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fu]

### Verb

fu
* (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi

#### Synonyms

* fuse (formal)

## Sicilian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.mu/
* Hyphenation: sè‧mu

### Verb

fu
* third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri; (he/she/it) was.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey!.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfu/ [ˈfu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: fu

### Interjection

fu
* an indication of disgust
* the hissing of a cat

#### Derived terms

* ni fu ni fa

### Further reading

* “fu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Preposition

fu
* of, belonging to
* from
* about
* for

### Particle

fu
* used for marking the following verb as an infinitive to
** ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎, page 107:Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
* in order to

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

-fu (declinable)
* dead

#### Derived terms

* mfu (“dead person”)
* ufu (“death”)

#### Related terms

* -fa

## Vilamovian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

fu
* from

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /vɨː/
* (South Wales) IPA: /viː/

### Verb

fu
* Soft mutation of bu.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## West Makian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɸu/

#### Noun

fu
* (informal) feces
    Synonym: jarangahe (polite)

### Etymology 2

Possibly related to the above etymology.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɸu/

#### Verb

fu
* (intransitive) to explode

##### Conjugation
### References

* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fū/

### Verb

fu
* to suspect, to have a second thought on a person, to be vigilant
    ará fu mí pe àṣírí ti tú ― I suspect that the secret is out

#### Usage notes

* Always occurs in construction with ara

#### Derived terms

* fura (“to suspect”)