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fei

See also: FEI, Fei, féi, fèi, fēi, fěi, fe'i, and fei-

German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Verb

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fei

  1. singular imperative of feien
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of feien

Italian

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Verb

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fei

  1. (poetic) Obsolete form of feci, first-person singular past historic of fare

Anagrams

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Iu Mien

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Etymology

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From Chinese 絲 (MC si).

Noun

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fei 

  1. silk

Mandarin

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Romanization

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fei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of féi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fěi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fèi.

Usage notes

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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 1

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From Middle French feie.

Adjective

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fei

  1. Alternative form of faie

Noun

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fei

  1. Alternative form of faie

Etymology 2

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From Old English fǣġe.

Adjective

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fei

  1. Alternative form of fey (“marked for death”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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fei

  1. imperative of feie

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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fei m

  1. a swoop, speed; Used in the expression i ein fei.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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fei n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of fe

Old French

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Noun

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fei oblique singular, f (oblique plural feis, nominative singular fei, nominative plural feis)

  1. (early Old French or Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of foi
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