fucus
/ˈfjuː.kəs/noun
fucus is a noun meaning “Any alga of the genus Fucus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-C-U-S, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fucus is fuci or fucuses.
What does fucus mean?
noun
- 1
Any alga of the genus Fucus.
Sea-weeds, consisting of different species of fuci, algæ, and confervæ, are much used as a manure on the sea-coasts of Britain and Ireland.
- 2
obsoleteA skin cosmetic, a wash or colouring for the skin.
- 3
obsoleteA veil, pretense, mask; an artifice, deception.
- 4
obsoleteAny dye or colouring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fucus?
- /ˈfjuː.kəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fucus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fucus
- fuci plural
- fucuses plural
- fukes
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fucus?
Fucus appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fucus come from?
From New Latin Fūcus, from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).