fois

• fålls (Southern Bavarian)

Fossilized genitive of Foi, from Middle High German val, from Old High German fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall. Compare German falls.

• IPA^(key): /fɔes/

fois (Central Bavarian)

1. if, in case, in the event that

• åndernfois
• jednfois

• foiss

From Latin fūsus.

fois m

1. spindle

• IPA^(key): /fwa/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: foi, foie, foies
• Hyphenation: fois

Inherited from Middle French foys, from Old French foiz, from earlier feiz, from Latin vicem. The reason for the development of an initial /f/, instead of the expected /v/, is not entirely clear. It may be the result of voicing assimilation to the final consonants of numerals such as deus (“two”) or set (“seven”), which would have often preceded the word.^[1] Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish vez.

fois f (plural fois)

1. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)

   J’y vais deux fois par mois.

   I go there twice a month.

   Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années.

   I talked to him for the first time a few years ago.

2. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fois f

1. plural of foi

• soif

fois

1. vocative/genitive singular of fos

fois oblique singular, f (oblique plural fois, nominative singular fois, nominative plural fois)

1. Alternative form of foiz

• IPA^(key): /foʃ/

fois f (genitive singular foise, plural foisean)

1. rest, relaxation, repose, leisure
2. peace, standstill

• ain-fhois
• an-fhoiseil
• foiseil
• fois-losgaidh