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fau

  1. (of a thing or action) extreme

Borrowed from German Pfau. Doublet of paw, a form borrowed from Polish.

  • IPA(key): /ˈfau/
  • Rhymes: -au
  • Syllabification: fa‧u

fau m animal

  1. Synonym of paw
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “paw”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]

fau

  1. Alternative form of fou

From Old French fau (beech), from Latin fagus.

fau m (plural faus)

  1. (Jersey) beech tree

From Latin fagus.

fau

  1. beech

From Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Cognate with Malay baru and Hawaiian hau.

fau

  1. cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)