fée

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See also: fee, Fee, fêe, feë, fe'e, and fɛɛ́

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French fae, from Vulgar Latin Fāta (goddess of fate), from the plural of Latin fātum (fate). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada, Italian fata, Spanish hada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fe/
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  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

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fée f (plural fées, masculine féetaud)

  1. fairy, fay

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bulgarian: фе́я (féja)
  • Danish: fe
  • Dutch: fee
    • Afrikaans: fee
    • West Frisian: fee
  • German: Fee
  • Luxembourgish: Fee
  • Norwegian: fe
  • Russian: фе́я (féja)
  • Swedish: fe
  • Vietnamese: phê

Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin Fāta (goddess of fate), from the plural of Latin fātum (fate).

Noun

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fée f (plural fées)

  1. (Jersey) fairy