See also: fee, Fee, fêe, feë, fe'e, and fɛɛ́

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French fae, from Vulgar Latin Fāta (goddess of fate), from the plural of Latin fātum (fate). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada, Italian fata, Spanish hada.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fe/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun edit

fée f (plural fées)

  1. fairy, fay

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Bulgarian: фе́я (féja)
  • Danish: fe
  • Dutch: fee
    • Afrikaans: fee
    • West Frisian: fee
  • German: Fee
  • Luxembourgish: Fee
  • Norwegian: fe
  • Russian: фе́я (féja)
  • Swedish: fe
  • Vietnamese: phê

Further reading edit

Norman edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (goddess of fate), from the plural of Latin fātum (fate).

Noun edit

fée f (plural fées)

  1. (Jersey) fairy