foula

French

Verb

foula

1. third-person singular past historic of fouler

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfowla̝/

Etymology 1

Probably from the crossing of Latin faluppa and Latin favīlla (“ash”).

Noun

foula f (plural foulas)

1. milldust

   Synonyms: feila, freila

2. splash of sea foam

   Synonym: salseiro

3. (by extension) dandruff

   Synonyms: caspa, ceila, feila, freila, carepa

4. (by extension) snowflake

   Synonym: folerpa

Derived terms

• enfoular
• lambefoula (“stingy”, literally “milldust licker”)

Etymology 2

From Latin fulcus, borrowed from Frankish *fulk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people collectively, multitude; host of warriors”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

Noun

foula f (plural foulas)

1. crowd, horde

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “foula”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “foula”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “foula”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French foulard (“headscarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈla/

Noun

foula

1. scarf

Swedish

Etymology

From foul +‎ -a or from English foul + -a, if -a is considered a back-formation from foula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʊˌla/
• Rhymes: -²aʊla

Verb

foula (present foular, preterite foulade, supine foulat, imperative foula)

1. (basketball) to foul (to commit a foul)

   Han foulades och fick en straff, vilken han satte.

   He was fouled and got a free throw, which he scored on.

Conjugation

Conjugation of foula (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	foula		foulas
Supine	foulat		foulats
Imperative	foula		—
Imper. plural1	foulen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	foular	foulade	foulas	foulades
Ind. plural1	foula	foulade	foulas	foulades
Subjunctive2	foule	foulade	foules	foulades
	Participles
Present participle	foulande
Past participle	foulad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.