different between enemy vs foes

English

Alternative forms

• enemie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inim?cus, from in- (“not”) + am?cus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English feend (“enemy”), from Old English f?ond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?mi/
• Hyphenation: en?e?my

Noun

enemy (plural enemies)

1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

   Synonyms: foe, unfriend, adversary, nemesis, backfriend

   Antonyms: ally, friend

2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

   Synonyms: foe, adversary, nemesis

   Antonyms: ally, friend

3. Something harmful or threatening to another
4. (attributive) Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• enmity
• inimical

Translations

See also

• nemesis

Verb

enemy (third-person singular simple present enemies, present participle enemying, simple past and past participle enemied)

1. To make an enemy of.

Anagrams

• Yemen, yemen

Old French

Noun

enemy m (oblique plural enemys, nominative singular enemys, nominative plural enemy)

1. Alternative form of enemi

Descendants

• ? English: enemy

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fo?z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Noun

foes

1. plural of foe

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /vo???s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /v?i?s/

Noun

foes

1. Soft mutation of moes.

Mutation