Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foy

/fˈɔɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: foy
IPA: /fˈɔɪ/

9

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Faith, allegiance.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A feast given by one about to leave a place.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

name

name

Synonym of Sainte-Foy, various places, especially Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He Easterland subdewd, and Danmarke wonne, / And of them both did foy and tribute raise, / The which was dew in his dead fathers dayes […]"
"To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights."
"FOY, or St Foy, a town in Guienne, in France, thirty-two miles eaſt of Bourdeaux; it is ſituated under the meridian of London, in 44°, 50′, N. lat."

Etymology

From Middle French foy. Doublet of faith.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: foy

Usage

Inflected Forms

foys (plural)

Synonyms

Sainte-Foy various places

Homonyms

foie foye

Rhymes With

boy enjoy joy destroy illinois toy roy employ troy oi deploy soy

Questions

How do you pronounce foy?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɔɪ/.
What does foy mean?: Faith, allegiance.
Where does foy come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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