tooth fairy

See also: Tooth Fairy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːθ ˈfɛəɹɪ/

Noun

tooth fairy (plural tooth fairies)

1. A figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money (or sometimes a present) in exchange for a milk tooth when it falls out of a child's mouth.

   Anna was concerned that telling her child about the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny would cause him to believe his mother was a liar later in life.

Derived terms

Terms derived from tooth fairy

• Tooth Fairy science

Related terms

• tooth
• fairy

Translations

a figure of modern myth

• Arabic: جِنِّيّ أَسْنَان (jinniyy ʔasnān)
• Catalan: angelets m pl
• Danish: tandfe c
• Dutch: tandenfee (nl) f
• Finnish: hammaskeiju (fi)
• French: petite souris (fr) f, fée des dents f
• German: Zahnfee (de) f
• Hungarian: fogtündér (hu)
• Ido: dentofeo
• Macedonian: забна самовила f (zabna samovila)
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• Mongolian: шүдний дагина (šüdnii dagina)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tannfe m

  Nynorsk: tannfe f

• Polish: zębowa wróżka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fada dos dentes f
• Russian: зубная фе́я (zubnaja féja)
• Spanish: ratoncito Pérez m
• Swedish: tandfe c
• Turkish: diş perisi