English Explanatory Dictionary

foe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hostile.
noun
  1. An enemy.
noun
  1. A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules.
name
  1. Initialism of Friends of the Earth.
name
  1. Initialism of Friends of the Earth.
  2. Initialism of Fraternal Order of Eagles.
noun
  1. Initialism of freedom of expression.
  2. Initialism of forces of evil.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/fəʊ/ /foʊ/ en-us-foe.ogg

Word forms

foe foes

Etymology

From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier yfoh, yvo, ifa (“foe”), from Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), from fāh (“hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”) (compare Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), Lithuanian pi̇̀ktas (“evil”)).

Synonyms

adversary enemy opponent fiend bethe

Antonyms

ally friend

Related words

Dafoe

Derived words

archfoe befoe feud foedom foehood foeless foelike foeman foeship foesome identification friend or foe
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