Fo

¹

[ foh; Italian faw ]

noun

1. Chinese. Buddha ( def 1 ).
2. Da·rio [dah, -ryaw], 1926–2016, Italian playwright and theater director: Nobel Prize 1997.

fo.

²

abbreviation for

1. folio.

FO

³

abbreviation for

, Baseball.

1. force-out.

F.O.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. field officer.
2. foreign office.
3. Military. forward observer.

fo.

¹

abbreviation for

1. folio

fo

²

the internet domain name for

1. Faeroe Islands

Fo

³

/ fəʊ /

noun

1. FoDario1926MItalianWRITING: playwrightTHEATRE: actor Dario (ˈdærɪəʊ). born 1926, Italian playwright and actor. His plays include The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970), Trumpets and Raspberries (1984), and The Tricks of the Trade (1991): Nobel prize for literature 1997

FO

⁴

abbreviation for

1. army Field Officer
2. air force Flying Officer
3. Foreign Office
4. Faeroe Islands (international car registration)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fo¹

(for sense 4) from Faeroese Fōroyar

Example Sentences

Good gracious, was that Chance—that madman that threw up his clerkship at the F.O.!

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