foul
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- (alt form) fole
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fol (insane, mad, foolish, silly).
Origin
Old French
fol
Gloss
insane, mad, foolish, silly
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
💢 🗯️ 😠 😡
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afoul English
- antifoul English
- befoul English
- filth English
- foul English
- foulable English
- foulbrood English
- fouler English
- fouleth English
- foulish English
- foully English
- foulmouth English
- foulmouthed English
- foulness English
- foulsome English
- fowl English
- fowl-lore English
- fowler English
- fowlery English
- fowlhouse English
- fowlish English
- fowlkind English
- fowllike English
- fowlpox English
- fowlyard English
- gamefowl English
- junglefowl English
- landfowl English
- moorfowl English
- nonfoul English
- overfoul English
- peafowl English
- rockfowl English
- scrubfowl English
- seafowl English
- spurfowl English
- waterfowl English
- wildfowl English
- wormfowl English
- yardfowl English
- follis Latin
- follis, follem Latin
- Foul German
- vogel Dutch, Flemish
- *fuglaz Proto-Germanic
- *fūlaz Proto-Germanic
- foula Swedish
- faul Polish
- carlfugol Old English
- cwenfugol Old English
- fugelere Old English
- fuglere Old English
- fugol Old English
- fulnes Old English
- fūl Old English
- wudufugol Old English
- ffoole Middle English
- fole Middle English
- fool Middle English
- foole Middle English
- fowel Middle English
- fjols Danish
- fol Old French
- fol hardi Old French
- folaige Old French
- ffowla Welsh
- ffowlio Welsh
- ffowlyn Welsh
- fo Norman
- fol Middle French
- *fugl gmw-pro
- fol Old Occitan
- paul Tok Pisin
- fowru Sranan Tongo