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feu

/fjuː/

feu noun: land held in feudal tenure.

Noun (1)

feu (plural feus)

  1. (historical, Scots law) Land held in feudal tenure.

Verb

feu (third-person singular simple present feus, present participle feuing, simple past and past participle feued)

  1. (transitive, Scots law) To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure.
    • The Village of OLD KEITH is of ancient date, having been partly feued by the predecessors of the Family of Forbes, and partly feued by the Ministers, and stands upon the glebe: this Village is greatly on the decline, and almost a ruin.—About the year 1750, the late Lord FINDLATER divided a barren...1813, "Keith", Entry in Nicholas Carlisle, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Volume II, unnumbered page
    • The prohibition of feuing beyond a certain extent was clearly implied; […] .1841, Alexander Dunlop, J. M. Bell, John Murray, James Donaldson (reporters), Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Volume 3, 2nd Series, page 620

Noun (2) capitalized: FEU

FEU (plural FEUs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of forty-foot equivalent unit.

Proper noun capitalized: FEU

FEU

  1. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Far Eastern University.

Forms of feu

Noun
pluralfeus
pluralFEUs
Verb
third-person singular presentfeus
present participlefeuing
past participlefeued
pastfeued

Origin of feu

From Middle English feu, from Middle French fé (“fief”), fié, fief, fieu, from Latin feodum.

Words formed from feu

Phrases with feu

Words that rhyme with feu

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Questions about feu

What does feu mean?
Feu means land held in feudal tenure.
What part of speech is feu?
Feu can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce feu?
Feu is pronounced /fjuː/.
What is the plural of feu?
The plural of feu is feus.

Words near feu in the dictionary

  1. fetwah
  2. fetwahs
  3. fetwas
  4. Fetzer
  5. Fetzers
  6. feu
  7. feu de joie
  8. feu duties
  9. feu duty
  10. feu-de-joie
  11. feu-duties

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