Adjective

feoCategory:Asturian non-lemma forms#FEOCategory:Asturian adjective forms#FEOCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#FEOCategory:Pages with entries#FEOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#FEO

1. neuter of feu

Alternative forms

• feu (Alghero)

Etymology

First attested in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛ.u]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfɛ.o]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) unknownCategory:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO

Adjective

feo (feminine fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural fees)Category:Catalan lemmas#FEOCategory:Catalan adjectives#FEOCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#FEOCategory:Pages with entries#FEOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#FEO

1. (Castilianism) ugly

   Synonym: lleig

Etymology

From FrenchCategory:Esperanto terms derived from French#FEO fée and GermanCategory:Esperanto terms derived from German#FEO Fee, by way of feino with the feminine suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#FEOCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#FEO
• Rhymes: -eoCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/eo#FEOCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/eo/2 syllables#FEO
• Syllabification: fe‧o

Noun

feo (accusative singular feon, plural feoj, accusative plural feojn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#FEOCategory:Esperanto nouns#FEOCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#FEOCategory:Pages with entries#FEOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#FEO

1. fairy

Further reading

• “feo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “feo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Alternative forms

• feio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo/ [ˈfe.ʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO
• Rhymes: -eoCategory:Rhymes:Galician/eo#FEOCategory:Rhymes:Galician/eo/2 syllables#FEO
• Hyphenation: fe‧o

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#FEOCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#FEO feo, from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#FEOCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#FEO foedus (“hideous”).

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#FEOCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#FEO fẽo, from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#FEOCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#FEO faenum (“hay”). Cognate with Portuguese feno, Spanish heno.

References

• “feo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “feo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “feo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “feo”, 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), “feo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “feo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Alternative forms

• feochan

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fʲoː/Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɔː/Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO

Noun

feo m (genitive singular as substantive feo, genitive as verbal noun feoite)Category:Irish lemmas#FEOCategory:Irish nouns#FEOCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#FEOCategory:Irish masculine nouns#FEOCategory:Pages with entries#FEOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#FEO

1. verbal noun of feoighCategory:Irish verbal nouns#FEO
2. decay

Mutation

Verb

feoCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#FEOCategory:Italian verb forms#FEOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#FEOCategory:Pages with entries#FEOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#FEO

1. (poeticCategory:Italian poetic terms#FEO or archaicCategory:Italian terms with archaic senses#FEO) alternative form of fece, third-person singular past historic of fare
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto IV”, in Inferno [Hell], line 144; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     [vidi] Averoìs, che ’l gran comento feo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     Category:Italian terms with quotations#FEOCategory:Requests for translations of Italian quotations#FEO

Alternative forms

• fêo

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Macanese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#FEO feo. Compare Portuguese feio.

Adjective

feoCategory:Macanese lemmas#FEOCategory:Macanese adjectives#FEOCategory:Macanese entries with incorrect language header#FEOCategory:Pages with entries#FEOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#FEO

1. ugly

   feo olâ ― it doesn't look good (literally, “ugly look”)Category:Macanese terms with collocations#FEO

   Ânsia feo olâ ― It is bad to be greedy (literally, “greed ugly look”)Category:Macanese terms with collocations#FEO

   Estung'a quanto casa sâm bem di feo

   These houses are very ugly

   Category:Macanese terms with usage examples#FEO

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe͜oː/Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO
• Rhymes: -e͜oːCategory:Rhymes:Old English/e͜oː#FEOCategory:Rhymes:Old English/e͜oː/1 syllable#FEO

Noun

fēoCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#FEOCategory:Old English noun forms#FEOCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#FEOCategory:Pages with entries#FEOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#FEO

1. dative singular of feoh

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#FEO foedus (“hideous”). Probably borrowed from other Ibero-Romance language, displacing native hedo. Cognate with Portuguese feio. Compare English fedity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo/ [ˈfe.o]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#FEOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#FEO

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#FEO
• Rhymes: -eoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eo#FEOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eo/2 syllables#FEO
• Syllabification: fe‧o

Adjective

feo (feminine fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas, superlative feísimo)Category:Spanish lemmas#FEOCategory:Spanish adjectives#FEOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#FEOCategory:Pages with entries#FEOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#FEO

1. ugly

   Antonyms: guapo, bonito, bello, hermoso

2. in poor condition

   Synonyms: pobre, cutre

3. (MexicoCategory:Mexican Spanish#FEO) bad, gross, mean, nasty

   Synonyms: malo, malvado

Further reading

• “feo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025