fe

See also: Fe, FE, F&E, fé, fè, fê, f.e., and Appendix:Variations of "fe"

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fēdes, from Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ/

Noun

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

1. religion

Declension

declension of fe

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	fe	fe		feja	fetë
accusative (kallëzore)	fe	fe		fenë	fetë
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	feje	feve		fesë	fevet
dative (dhanore)	feje	feve		fesë	fevet
ablative (rrjedhore)	feje	fesh		fesë	fevet

Derived terms

• fetar m, fetare f
• pafe
• pafeja

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan fe, from Old Occitan fidēs, fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. Attested from the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈfə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfe/

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

1. faith

Related terms

• fidel

Further reading

• “fe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fe” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fe” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

fe c (singular definite feen, plural indefinite feer)

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

Inflection

Declension of fe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fe	feen	feer	feerne
genitive	fes	feens	feers	feernes

See also

• alf c

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fe, from Latin fidēs, fidem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɛ]

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

1. faith
2. confidence, belief

Further reading

• “fe” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Gwahatike

Noun

fe

1. water

Further reading

• John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012)

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe/, /fɛ/

Noun

fe (plural fe-i)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

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Interlingue

Particle

fe

1. (obsolete) auxiliary to form the past tense

   fe creder ― believed

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Japanese

Romanization

fe

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふぇ
2. Rōmaji transcription of フェ

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English feoh

Noun

fe

1. livestock, cattle
   • a. 1500, Robert Henryson, "Robin and Makyne":

     Robin sat on gude green hill,

     Kepand a flock of fe

References

• “fe” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feː]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. a fairy (mythical being)

Derived terms

• tannfe

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. cattle, livestock
2. fool, blockhead

Derived terms

• fjærfe
• storfe

References

• “fe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. a fairy (mythical being)

Derived terms

• tannfe

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fé

Noun

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

1. livestock, cattle
2. a blockhead, fool

Derived terms

• fjørfe
• moskusfe
• storfe

References

• “fe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn)

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Noun

fe f (plural fes)

1. faith

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• fei

Etymology

From Latin fidēs, fidem.

Noun

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

1. faith

Descendants

• Catalan: fe
• Occitan: fe

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002) , “fides”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 30, page 503

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fidēs, fidem.

Noun

fe f

1. faith

Descendants

• Galician: fe
• Portuguese: fé

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe/

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

1. faith

Derived terms

• buena fe
• dar fe
• dogma de fe

Related terms

• fiel
• fiar

Further reading

• “fe” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• fé (not listed in SAOL)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

fe c

1. fairy (mythological being)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of fe
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fe	fen	feer	feerna
Genitive	fes	fens	feers	feernas

Related terms

• fedrottning
• felik
• fesaga
• feslott
• fevärld

References

• fé in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Fe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
• fe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

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Turkish

Noun

fe (definite accusative, plural feler)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

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Turkmen

Noun

fe (definite accusative feni, plural feler)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) harp; a, be, çe, de, e, ä, ef, ge, ha, i, je, že, ke, el, em, en, eň, o, ö, pe, re, se, şa, te, u, ü, we, y, ýy, ze ^{(Category: tk:Latin letter names)}

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veː/

Pronoun

fe

1. he, him

Usage notes

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

fe (triggers soft mutation on the following verb)

1. (South Wales) used with verbs other than bod to mark affirmative statements.

Synonyms

• mi (North Wales)