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fe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fe"

English

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Adverb

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fe (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of f.e.

Noun

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fe

  1. Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”)

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fēdes, from Latin fidēs.[1]

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Noun

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fe f (plural fe, definite feja, definite plural fetë)

  1. religion

Declension

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Declension of fe
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fe feja fe fetë
accusative fenë
dative fejeje fesë feve feve
ablative fesh

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References

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  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 236

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. First attested in the 12th century.[1] Compare Occitan fe.

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Noun

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fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin fēnum.

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Noun

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fe m (plural fes)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) hay
    Synonym: fenc

Etymology 3

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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fe

  1. (Balearic) inflection of fer:
    1. third-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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References

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  1. ^ “fe”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Danish

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Etymology

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From French fée (“fairy”), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

Noun

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fe c (singular definite feen, plural indefinite feer)

  1. fairy, fay (mythical being (of female gender))

Inflection

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Declension of fe
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fe feen feer feerne
genitive fes feens feers feernes

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Fala

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfe/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: fe

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fe, from Latin fidem. Compare Galician fe and Portuguese fé.

Noun

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fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith

Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese fel , from Vulgar Latin *felem.

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Noun

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fe f (uncountable)

  1. (Lagarteiru) bile

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fe, from Latin fidem. Compare Fala fe and Portuguese fé.

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Noun

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fe f (uncountable)

  1. faith
  2. confidence, belief

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Gwahatike

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Noun

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fe

  1. water

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Ido

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Etymology

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From f +‎ -e.

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Noun

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fe (plural fe-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter F/f.

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Japanese

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Romanization

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fe

  1. The katakana syllable フェ (fe) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Ladino

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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fe f (Hebrew spelling פ׳י)[1]

  1. Alternative form of fey
    • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎[2], volumes 26–28, page 9:
      La kreensia en la yegada del Mashiah, punto sentral en la fe de los mekubalim, se ilustra en la sigiente leyenda sovre Rabi Yitshak Luria: […]
      The trust in the Messiah's arrival, [a] central point in the cabalists' faith, is illustrated in the following legend of Rabi Yitshak Luria…

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fe

  1. (Haketia) Alternative form of fue

References

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  1. ^ “fe”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Mandarin

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Romanization

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fe

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fē.

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English feoh.

Noun

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fe

  1. livestock, cattle
    • a. 1500, Robert Henryson, Robin and Makyne:
      Robin sat on gude green hill,
      Kepand a flock of fe
      Robin sat on a good green hill,
      keeping a flock of cattle.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French fée (“fairy”), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

Noun

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fe m (definite singular feen, indefinite plural feer, definite plural feene)

  1. a fairy (mythical being)
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu.

Noun

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fe n (definite singular feet, indefinite plural fe, definite plural fea or feene)

  1. cattle, livestock
  2. fool, blockhead
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu. Cognates include English fee.

Noun

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fe n (definite singular feet, indefinite plural fe, definite plural fea)

  1. (uncountable) livestock, cattle
  2. (countable) farm animal
  3. a blockhead, fool
  4. (collective, archaic) riches, wealth, property
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Etymology 2

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From French fée (“fairy”), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

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fe f (definite singular fea, indefinite plural feer, definite plural feene)

  1. a fairy (mythical being)
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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan fe, from Old Occitan fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-.

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Noun

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fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin fidem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith
  2. belief

Descendants

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  • Fala: fe
  • Galician: fe
  • Portuguese: fé

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Old Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin fidem.

Noun

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fe f (oblique plural fes, nominative singular fe, nominative plural fes)

  1. faith

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  • Occitan: fe

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Old Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin fidēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

Noun

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fe f

  1. (religion) faith
  2. confidence; trust (faith)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic.

Interjection

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fe

  1. look!

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  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “fe”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 253

Polish

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Etymology

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Natural expression. First attested in 1624–1639.[1]

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Interjection

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fe

  1. (colloquial) yuck! ick! expressing disgust
    Synonyms: fu, fuj, pfu, pfuj
  2. (colloquial) no! bad! reprimand of behavior
    Synonym: fuj

Adjective

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fe (comparative bardziej fe, superlative najbardziej fe, no derived adverb)

  1. (childish) icky, yucky
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zły
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interjection

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  1. ^ Wiesław Morawski (10.12.2018) “FE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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Romanian

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Interjection

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fe

  1. Obsolete form of fă.

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  • fe in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish fe, fee, from Latin fidēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

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Noun

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fe f (uncountable)

  1. faith

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Verb

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fe

  1. inflection of far:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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  • fé (not listed in SAOL)

Etymology

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First used in 1746, from French fée, based on vulgar Latin fata (“goddess of fate”)

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Noun

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fe c

  1. fairy (mythological being)

Usage notes

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  • The definite form feen is the only one in SAOL 6, an alternative one in SAOL 8 and not listed in SAOL 13.

Declension

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Declension of fe
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fe fes
definite fen fens
plural indefinite feer feers
definite feerna feernas
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Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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fe (definite accusative [please provide], plural feler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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fe

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ف

Turkmen

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Noun

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fe (definite accusative feni, plural feler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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fe

  1. he, him

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Fe is used in South Wales and is a variant of e. The choice between e and fe is dependent on grammatical and euphonic considerations. The forms o and fo are used in the north.

Particle

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fe (triggers soft mutation on the following verb)

  1. (South Wales) used with inflected verbs to mark affirmative statements.
    Fe werthes i hanner dwsin.
    I sold half a dozen.

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  • This particle is optional and may only be used before inflected verbs in the preterite, future or conditional in affirmative statements, e.g. fe fydda i'n mynd (“I will go”).
  • Some speakers may drop the particle but keep the resulting soft mutation, e.g. fydda i'n mynd (“I will go”) instead of bydda i'n mynd.

Synonyms

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  • mi (North Wales)
  • y (literary)
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