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 (plural fe, definite feja, definite plural fetë)

1. religion

Declension

Declension of fe

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	fe	fe	feja	fetë
accusative			fenë
dative	feje	feve	fesë	fevet
ablative		fesh

Derived terms

• fetar

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

1. faith

Related terms

• fidel

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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 Galician-Portuguese fe, from Latin fidēs, fidem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɛ]

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

1. faith
2. confidence, belief

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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

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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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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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

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fides”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , 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/ [ˈfe]

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

1. faith

Derived terms

• buena fe

Related terms

• fiel
• fiar

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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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 [please provide], plural feler)

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

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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)