Feh

See also: Fe/H and feh

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vēch (“spotted, mottled fur”), from the adjective vēch, vēhe, vē (“multicoloured”, whence obsolete German fech, feh), from Old High German fēh, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz. Cognate with Scots faw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feː/
• Rhymes: -eː

• Audio:

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Noun

Feh n (genitive Fehs, plural Fehe)

1. (clothing) squirrel fur; vair
2. (clothing, zoology) a squirrel from which such fur can be produced, especially the Siberian subspecies of the red squirrel
3. (zoology, obsolete) ermine
4. (heraldry) vair

Further reading

• “Feh” in Duden online