Meaning

3 senses
  1. A fairy.

    фе́яféja

  2. (US, slang)A white person.

  3. (obsolete)Faith

More definitions
  • a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Morgan le Fay was a powerful sorceress and the half-sister of King Arthur.

    deMorgana war eine mächtige Zauberin und die Halbschwester König Artus’. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fairy, elf:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical propert

Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fée (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy.

From Middle English fei, from Old French fei

Abbreviation of ofay.

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Forms

plural: fays
Singularfay
Pluralfays

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfaydom

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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