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==Galician==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|gl|foi|fouz|fouza}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|gl|roa-opt|fouce}} (13th century, ''{{w|Cantigas de Santa Maria}}''), from {{inh|gl|la|falx|falcem}}, from {{der|gl|ine-pro|*dhalk-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*dhalg-|t=a cutting tool}}. Cognate with {{cog|pt|foice}}, {{cog|ast|foz}}, {{cog|es|hoz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gl|/ˈfowθɪ/|/ˈfowsɪ/|q2=western}}

===Noun===
{{gl-noun|f}}

# a strong [[sickle]] usually provided with a large [[handle]]
# [[scythe]]
#: {{syn|gl|gadaña}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|gl|fouce rozadoira}}
* {{l|gl|fouciño}}

===References===
* {{R:gl:DDGM}}
* {{R:gl:CX|fou.e|alt=fouce}}
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

{{C|gl|Tools}}

==Old Galician-Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|roa-opt|la|falx|falcem}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{IPA|roa-opt|/ˈfow.t͡se/}}

===Noun===
{{roa-opt-noun|f}}

# [[sickle]]
#* {{quote-book|roa-opt|year=1474|editor=Antonio López Ferreiro|title=Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática|location=Santiago|publisher=Tipografía Galaica|page=66
|passage=''dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres '''fouçes''', e duas choquas''
|translation=two small sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three '''sickles''', and two cowbells}}
# [[scythe]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fax|foici|fueici}}
* {{desc|gl|fouce}}
* {{desc|pt|foice|alts=1}}

===Further reading===
* [https://universocantigas.gal/glosario/termo/1671 Universo Cantigas - "fouce"]

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|pt|roa-opt|fouce}}, from {{inh|pt|la|falx|falcem|heel}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{homophones|pt|fosse}}
* {{hyph|pt|fou|ce}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|f}}

# {{alternative form of|pt|foice}}