féerie
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French féerie. Doublet of fairy.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
féerie (plural féeries)
- A fantastical theatrical production or film featuring fairies.
- 2003: Syd's féerie entourage and girlies in drifting crinoline went out of the window, of course, along with his animated scarecrows — Jeremy Harding, ‘Afternoonishness’, London Review of Books 25:1
Translations edit
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
féerie f (plural féeries)
- what fairies do
- any fictional universe involving magical creatures such as fairies, ogres and dragons
- faerie, féerie
- C’était une vraie féerie.
- It was absolutely magical.
- extravaganza
- (figuratively) something impressive and/or enchanting
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: фее́рия (feérija)
- → English: féerie
- → German: Feerie
- → Polish: feeria
- → Romanian: feerie
- → Russian: феерия (fejerija), феерія (fejerija)
- → Swedish: feeri
- → Turkish: feeri
Further reading edit
- “féerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.