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See also:fèu,féu,andfe'u

English

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Etymology

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FromAnglo-Normanfieu(fief).

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Noun

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feu (pluralfeus)

  1. (Scots law, property law, historical)Land held infeudaltenure.

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Verb

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feu (third-person singular simple presentfeus,present participlefeuing,simple past and past participlefeued)

  1. (Scots law, transitive) To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure.
    • 1813,"Keith", Entry inNicholas Carlisle,A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Volume II,unnumbered page,
      The Village of OLD KEITH is of ancient date, having been partlyfeued by the predecessors of the Family of Forbes, and partlyfeued by the Ministers, and stands upon the glebe: this Village is greatly on the decline, and almost a ruin.—About the year 1750, the late Lord FINDLATER divided a barren Muir, andfeued it out in small lots [] .
    • 1841, Alexander Dunlop, J. M. Bell, John Murray, James Donaldson (reporters),Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Volume 3, 2nd Series,page 620,
      The prohibition offeuing beyond a certain extent was clearly implied; [] .
    • 2001, Richard Rodger, “The Transformation of Edinburgh: Land, Property and Trust in the Nineteenth Century”, inPaperback,Cambridge University Press, published2004,page68:
      But in effect, whereas Heriot's knew that theirfeuing conditions were subordinate to the law of contract, the Earl of Moray knew by 1822 that as a result of the Lords' decision in 1818 estate development could not be controlled by contract law and thefeuing plan.[]The impact on the Moray estate was that[]despite a recession in the Edinburgh property market generally after 1826, virtually the entire estate wasfeued by 1836.

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Asturian

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Etymology

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FromLatinfoedus.

Adjective

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feu sg (feminine singularfea,neuter singularfeo,masculine pluralfeos,feminine pluralfees)

  1. ugly
  2. bad,gloomy (weather)

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Catalanfeu, fromVulgar Latin*feus, fromFrankish*fehu, fromProto-Germanic*fehu.

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Noun

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feu m (pluralfeus)

  1. fiefdom,fee
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

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Pronunciation

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(second-person plural present, subjunctive, imperative)

(third-person singular preterite)

Verb

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feu

  1. inflection offer:
    1. second-personpluralpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. third-personsingularpreteriteindicative
    3. second-personpluralimperative

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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feu (femininefea,masculine pluralfeus,feminine pluralfees)

  1. (Alghero)ugly
  2. (Alghero)ungrateful
  3. (Alghero) notgood
  4. (Alghero) morallybad
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References

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  • feu, -ea”, inDiccionari d'Alguerés, 2022 May 21 (last accessed)

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French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Frenchfu, fromLatinfocus(hearth), which in Late and Vulgar Latin replaced the Classical Latinignis(fire).

Noun

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feu m (pluralfeux)

  1. fire
    As-tu remarqué que tes cheveux sontenfeu ?Have you noticed that your hair is onfire?
  2. (uncountable, informal)lighter, something tolight acigarette with
    Tu aurais dufeu ?You got a light?
  3. traffic light
    feux tricolores(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    feux de signalisation(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1999, Patrick Lemaire,Psychologie cognitive:
      « Si lefeu est vert, je passe »
      « Si lefeu est rouge, je m’arrête »
      ‘If thelight is green, I go.’
      ‘If thelight is red, I stop.’
  4. headlights
    feux de croisement(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    feux de route(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    feux de position(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    feux de détresse(please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Descendants
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  • Karipúna Creole French:djife

Etymology 2

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Inherited fromOld Frenchfeüz,fadude(one who has accomplished his destiny), fromVulgar Latin*fatutus, fromLatinfatum(destiny).

Adjective

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feu (femininefeue,masculine pluralfeus,feminine pluralfeues)

  1. deceased, thelate
    Elle était la sœur defeu Jean Dupont
    She was the sister of thelate Jean Dupont

Further reading

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Middle English

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Determiner

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feu

  1. Alternative form offewe

Middle French

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchfu.

Noun

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feu m (pluralfeux)

  1. fire

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Norman

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchfeu, fromLatinfocus(hearth).

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Noun

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feu m (pluralfeux)

  1. (Jersey)fire
  2. (Jersey, medicine)rash

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Sardinian

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromLatinfoedus. CompareSpanishfeo.

Adjective

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feu

  1. (Campidanese)dirty

Scots

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchfieu(fief).

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Noun

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feu (pluralfeus)

  1. (Scots law, property law)feud,tenure, piece of land held by that tenure

Verb

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feu (third-person singular simple presentfeus,present participlefeuin,simple pastfeuit,past participlefeuit)

  1. togrant orhold land by tenure

Derived terms

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  • feuar(one who holds land in feu)

Walloon

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Etymology

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FromLatinfocus.

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Noun

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feu ?

  1. fire
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