foe

Signification (English)

Noun

An enemy.

Adj

Hostile.

Concepts

ennemi

adversaire

antagoniste

opposant

opposition

ennemie

Synonyms

enemy

adversary

opponent

antagonist

rival

opposer

foeman

opposition

competitor

enmity

put down

challenger

let be

leave

let alone

baulker

adversaries

withstander

adverse party

anti

assailant

balker

dissenter

enemies

hostile

objector

objectors

opponents

oppose

predator

resister

not a friend

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fəʊ/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: fo

Inherited from ancien anglais: ġefāh

Cognate with Old Frisian: fāch

Cognate with moyen haut-allemand: gevēch

Cognate with moyen irlandais: óech

Cognate with lituanien: pìktas

In summary

From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier ifo (“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 pìktas (“evil”)).