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foi nom

faith [faiths]◼◼◼(confidence in the intentions or abilities)
noun
[UK: feɪθ] [US: ˈfeɪθ]
I lost faith. = J'ai perdu la foi.

foi nom {f}

faith [faiths]◼◼◼(feeling that something is true)
noun
[UK: feɪθ] [US: ˈfeɪθ]
I lost faith. = J'ai perdu la foi.

faith [faiths]◼◼◼(religious belief system)
noun
[UK: feɪθ] [US: ˈfeɪθ]
I lost faith. = J'ai perdu la foi.

belief [beliefs]◼◼◻(religious faith)
noun
[UK: bɪ.ˈliːf] [US: bə.ˈliːf]
Belief can move mountains. = La foi peut soulever des montagnes.

foi babie nom {f}

Babism(19th-century Persian pantheistical religious sect)
noun

foi baháʼíe nom {f}

Baháʼí Faith(religion)
proper noun

Foi de Nicene nom {f}

Nicene Creed(official creed of the early Christian church stating tenets of the Christian faith)
proper noun

foie nom {m}

liver [livers]◼◼◼(organ as food)
noun
[UK: ˈlɪ.və(r)] [US: ˈlɪ.vər]
An arrow pierced his liver. = Une flèche lui a percé le foie.

foie gras nom {m}

foie gras◼◼◼(fattened liver of geese or ducks)
noun
[UK: ˌfɔɪ ˈɡræs] [US: ˌfɔɪ ˈɡræs]

foin nom {m}

hay◼◼◼(grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder)
noun
[UK: heɪ] [US: ˈheɪ]
I have hay fever. = J'ai le rhume des foins.

ado(doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈduː] [US: ə.ˈduː]

foire nom {f}

fair [fairs]◼◼◼(celebration)
noun
[UK: feə(r)] [US: ˈfer]

fair [fairs]◼◼◼(market)
noun
[UK: feə(r)] [US: ˈfer]

fair [fairs]◼◼◼(professional event, trade fair)
noun
[UK: feə(r)] [US: ˈfer]

trade fair◼◼◻(exhibition for a particular field)
noun

bazaar [bazaars]◼◻◻(marketplace)
noun
[UK: bə.ˈzɑː(r)] [US: bə.ˈzɑːr]

diarrhea [diarrheas](medical condition)
noun
[UK: ˌdaɪə.ˈrɪə] [US: ˌdaɪə.ˈriːə]

foire alimentaire [Canada] nom {f}

food court◼◼◼(common area for dining)
noun

foire aux questions nom {f}

frequently asked questions◼◼◼(online document)
noun

foire d'empoigne nom {f}

free-for-all [free-for-alls]◼◼◼(chaos)
noun
[UK: ˈfriː fər ɔːl] [US: ˈfriː fər ɔːrl]

foire-exposition nom {f}

trade fair◼◼◼(exhibition for a particular field)
noun

foire gel nom

frost fairnoun

foirer verbe

mess up◼◼◼(transitive: to botch, bungle)
verb
[UK: mes ʌp] [US: ˈmes ʌp]

bungle [bungled, bungling, bungles]◼◻◻(to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action, see also: botch up; bumble)
verb
[UK: ˈbʌŋ.ɡl̩] [US: ˈbʌŋ.ɡl̩]
He doesn't bungle anything. = Il ne foire rien.

bollocks(to fail (a task))
verb
[UK: ˈbɒl.əks] [US: ˈbɑːl.əks]

throw off(skew by introducing errors or inaccuracies)
verb
[UK: ˈθrəʊ ɒf] [US: ˈθroʊ ˈɒf]

foirer [colloquial] verbe

screw up◼◼◼(colloquial: to blunder)
verb
[UK: skruː ʌp] [US: ˈskruː ʌp]

screw up◼◼◼(colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin)
verb
[UK: skruː ʌp] [US: ˈskruː ʌp]

foirer [dated] verbe

strip [stripped, stripping, strips]◼◼◼(to fail in the thread; to lose the thread)
verb
[UK: strɪp] [US: ˈstrɪp]

foirer [pejorative] verbe

mess up◼◼◼(to cause an error or problem in)
verb
[UK: mes ʌp] [US: ˈmes ʌp]

foireux adjectif

half-baked◼◼◼(incomplete)
adjective
[UK: hɑːf ˈbeɪkt] [US: hæf ˈbeɪkt]

foireux adjectif
{m}

bogus(incorrect; useless; broken)
adjective
[UK: ˈbəʊ.ɡəs] [US: ˈboʊ.ɡəs]

fois nom
{f} {f-Pl}

time [times]◼◼◼(ratio of comparison)
noun
[UK: ˈtaɪm] [US: ˈtaɪm]
Next time. = La prochaine fois.

fois preposition

times◼◼◼(multiplied by)
preposition
[UK: ˈtaɪmz] [US: ˈtaɪmz]
John shot three times. = John a tiré trois fois.

fois (as a separate word: see example); a threefold increase - un accroissement de trois fois

-fold(used to make adjectives)

fois (as a separate word: see example); to increase threefold - accroitre trois fois

-fold(used to make adverbs)

foisonner verbe

abound [abounded, abounding, abounds]◼◼◼(to be plentiful)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈbaʊnd] [US: ə.ˈbaʊnd]

teem [teemed, teeming, teems]◼◼◻(overflowing with)
verb
[UK: tiːm] [US: ˈtiːm]

Foix nom {f}

Foix◼◼◼(capital city of Ariège, France)
proper noun

[colloquial] bête à bouffer du foin adjectif

all there(negative form, "not all there": mentally incompetent)
adjective

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