different between because vs feo

English

Alternative forms

• bycause, becos, 'cause, cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz, b/c, bc, bcus

Etymology

From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /b??k?z/
  • (UK, dated) IPA^(key): /b??k??z/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /bi?k?z/, /bi?k?z/, /b??k?z/
• (unstressed)
  • IPA^(key): /b?k?z/
• Rhymes: -?z
• Hyphenation: be?cause
• Rhymes: -??z

Adverb

because (not comparable)

1. (archaic) For the reason (that).
   • 1611, Authorized King James Version of Genesis 2:3:

     And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

2. On account (of), for sake (of).

3. (by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

Derived terms

• because of
• just because

Translations

Conjunction

because

1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
2. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.

3. (obsolete) So that, in order that. [15th-17th c.]

Synonyms

• (for the reason that): therefore, since, for, for that, forthy, for sake, forwhy (obsolete), as, inasmuch as, sith (obsolete), ? (mathematics symbol); see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

Preposition

because

1. (uncommon, slang, nonstandard, especially Internet) On account of, because of. [since at least the 20th century]

Derived terms

• because reasons

References

• Glossa, volume 17 (1997), page 175: cf. Emonds 1976:175 on the analysis of Modern English because as a preposition introducing a clause

Esperanto

Etymology

From French fée and German Fee, by way of feino with the feminine suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?feo/
• Hyphenation: fe?o
• Rhymes: -eo

Noun

feo (accusative singular feon, plural feoj, accusative plural feojn)

1. fairy

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese feo, from Latin foedus (“hideous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?feo?/

Adjective

feo m (feminine singular fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas)

1. ugly
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:

     quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo

     who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked

   Synonym: laido

Derived terms

• feamente

Related terms

• fealdade

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese f?o, from Latin faenum (“hay”). Cognate with Portuguese feno, Spanish heno.

Alternative forms

• feno, freo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?feo?/

Noun

feo m (plural feos)

1. hay
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:

     Jtem. deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto, que naturalmente som para seu comer.

     Item. The foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oat, spelt —that is, melga— and things that are similar to these, which are naturally for them to eat

2. beachgrass

Derived terms

Related terms

• fiollo
• fiúncho

Further reading

• “feo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “feo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “feo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “feo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin foedus (“hideous”). Cognate with Portuguese feio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?feo/, [?fe.o]

Adjective

feo (feminine fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas) (superlative feísimo)

1. ugly

   Antonyms: guapo, bonito, bello, hermoso

2. (Mexico) bad, gross, mean, nasty
3. in poor condition

Derived terms

• feo del baile, fea del baile (“wallflower, shrinking violet”)
• afear
• feamente
• bailar con la más fea
• hacer un feo
• más feo que Carracuca
• más feo que Picio
• patito feo
• sexo feo

Related terms

• fealdad

Further reading

• “feo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.