fée
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fée f (plural fées)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).
NounEdit
fée f (plural fées)