foul

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, and through Indo-European, with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

🇨🇬 is a false cognate inasmuch as it is not from the same etymon, instead being cognate to.

Adjective

 * 1) Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
 * 2)  Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
 * 3) Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
 * 4) Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
 * 5)  Ugly; homely; poor.
 * 6) Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.
 * 7) Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
 * 8)  Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
 * 9)  (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
 * 10) * 2015,, Railway Investigation Report R13T0192:
 * The bus had stopped just foul of the north track at the Erindale Station Road public railway crossing With the bus stationary, but still foul of the north track, the train struck one of its front mirrors.
 * 1)  Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
 * 1) Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
 * 2)  Ugly; homely; poor.
 * 3) Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.
 * 4) Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
 * 5)  Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
 * 6)  (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
 * 7) * 2015,, Railway Investigation Report R13T0192:
 * The bus had stopped just foul of the north track at the Erindale Station Road public railway crossing With the bus stationary, but still foul of the north track, the train struck one of its front mirrors.
 * 1)  Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
 * 1) Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.
 * 2) Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
 * 3)  Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
 * 4)  (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
 * 5) * 2015,, Railway Investigation Report R13T0192:
 * The bus had stopped just foul of the north track at the Erindale Station Road public railway crossing With the bus stationary, but still foul of the north track, the train struck one of its front mirrors.
 * 1)  Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
 * 1)  (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
 * 2) * 2015,, Railway Investigation Report R13T0192:
 * The bus had stopped just foul of the north track at the Erindale Station Road public railway crossing With the bus stationary, but still foul of the north track, the train struck one of its front mirrors.
 * 1)  Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
 * 1)  Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.

Synonyms

 * ; odious; wretched

Collocations

 * foul play
 * foul ball
 * foul language
 * foul breath
 * foul smell
 * foul odor
 * foul water
 * foul weather
 * foul deed

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 污濁,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃
 * Ottoman Turkish: پیس, مردار
 * Plautdietsch: ful
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: caca
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Latin:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, , , , , , , , , , überriechend,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Plautdietsch: ful
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caca


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , , , geringwertig,
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Russian:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: sääntöjen vastainen,
 * German:, ,
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German: festhängend,, , ,


 * Finnish:


 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,

Etymology 2
From, , from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To make dirty.
 * 2)  To besmirch.
 * 3)  To clog or obstruct.
 * 4)  To entangle.
 * 5)  To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
 * 6)  To commit a foul.
 * 7)  To hit outside of the baselines.
 * 8)  To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
 * 9)  To become clogged.
 * 10)  To become entangled.
 * 11) To come into contact or collide with.
 * 1)  To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
 * 2)  To commit a foul.
 * 3)  To hit outside of the baselines.
 * 4)  To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
 * 5)  To become clogged.
 * 6)  To become entangled.
 * 7) To come into contact or collide with.
 * 1)  To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
 * 2)  To become clogged.
 * 3)  To become entangled.
 * 4) To come into contact or collide with.
 * 1)  To become entangled.
 * 2) To come into contact or collide with.
 * 1) To come into contact or collide with.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician: enfouzar, emporcar,
 * German:, , , , sich einmachen, sich anmachen, , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: poluo, polluo
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Latin: foedō
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, obstruer


 * Bulgarian:
 * German:, , , sich verfangen, festhängen
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: фаулирам
 * Finnish: rikkoa sääntöjä
 * German:, , ,
 * Polish: faulować, sfaulować


 * Finnish: lyödä ulos, lyödä väärä
 * German:
 * Polish: faulować, sfaulować


 * Bulgarian: задръствам се
 * Finnish: tukkeutua
 * German: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: оплитам се
 * Finnish:
 * German: verwirrt werden, sich verwickeln, sich verfangen
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: фаулирам
 * German:, unanständig spielen, unfair spielen, falsch spielen
 * Polish: faulować, sfaulować
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: cometer una falta
 * Swedish:


 * German:
 * Polish: faulować, sfaulować
 * Russian: зафаливать

Noun

 * 1)  A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
 * 2)  A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
 * 3)  A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
 * 1)  A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُخَالَفَة
 * Basque: falta
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, (informal)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: hapa, hapa
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: fauli
 * Swedish:,  regelöverträdelse,
 * Turkish:

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to disqualify due to a foul  or a violation
 * 2)  to eliminate
 * 3)  to reject (an idea or a proposal)
 * 1)  to reject (an idea or a proposal)

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.