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Equivalent to fey + -ry. Attested in English from about 1330, in King Alisaunder, first in the sense of \"enchantment, illusion, dream\" (\"that thou herdest is fairye\") and shortly thereafter \"realm of the fays, fairy-land\" and \"the inhabitants of fairyland, collectively\". The re-interpretation of the term as a countable noun denoting individual inhabitants of fairy-land can be traced to the 1390s, but became common only in the 16th century, perhaps due to reinterpreting phrases like faerie knight.", "forms": [ { "form": "fairies", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "fairy (countable and uncountable, plural fairies)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion." ], "id": "en-fairy-en-noun-wjzbXEeP", "links": [ [ "faerie", "faerie" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion." ], "tags": [ "obsolete", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 51:", "text": "\"They used to say there were fairies in that hill, I must tell you!\"", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism." ], "id": "en-fairy-en-noun-BNG-UaOQ", "links": [ [ "mythical", "mythical" ], [ "magical", "magical" ], [ "sprite", "sprite" ], [ "gauze", "gauze" ], [ "wings", "wings" ], [ "paganism", "paganism" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "fee" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "zanë" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "jinniyya", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "جِنِّيَّة" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "sāḥira", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "سَاحِرَة" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pʻeri", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "փերի" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "dzãnã" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fada" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "pəri" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "fjéja", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "фе́я" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "čaraŭníca", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "чараўні́ца" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "pori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "পরী" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "féja", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "фе́я" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "magjósnica", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "магьо́сница" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "orísnica", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ори́сница" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "naréčnica", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "наре́чница" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "víla", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ви́ла" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "samovíla", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "самови́ла" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fada" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "xiānnǚ", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "仙女" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "xiānzǐ", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "仙子" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spyrys" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "fay" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "víla" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "fe" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "alf" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fee" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "myv", "lang": "Erzya", "roman": "šengava", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "шенгава" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "feino" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "feo" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "haldjas" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "keiju" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "fi", "english": "small with wings", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "keijukainen" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "haltija" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "haltijatar" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fée" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "féetaud" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fada" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "moura" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ouva" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "peria", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ფერია" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Fee" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Elfe" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "neuter", "plural", "singular" ], "word": "Feenwesen" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "Naturgeister" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Geist" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Alb" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Elb" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "Elben" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Kobold" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "neráida", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "νεράιδα" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "feyá", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "פֵיָה" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "parī", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "परी" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "apsarā", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "अप्सरा" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "tündér" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "peri" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bean sí" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": 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"attributive", "neuter" ], "word": "síd" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fata" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "foletto" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "foletta" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "folletto" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "folletta" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "alt": "ようせい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yōsei", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "妖精" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "alt": "せんにょ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "sennyo", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "仙女" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "fearī", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "フェアリー" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "perı", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "пері" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "ʼappsɑɑ", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "អប្សរ" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "rɔɔrumphiə", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "រម្ភា" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "teip kaññaa", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ទេពកញ្ញា" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "peeori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "페어리" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "alt": "妖精", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "yojeong", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "요정" }, { "_dis1": "7 62 6 1 2 0 22", "alt": "仙女", "code": "ko", "english": "Taoist fairy", "lang": 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"French", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "féetaud" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fada" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "moura" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ouva" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "peria", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ფერია" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Fee" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Elfe" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "neuter", "plural", "singular" ], "word": "Feenwesen" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "Naturgeister" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Geist" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Alb" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Elb" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "Elben" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Kobold" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "neráida", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "νεράιδα" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "feyá", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "פֵיָה" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "parī", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "परी" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "apsarā", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "अप्सरा" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "tündér" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "peri" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bean sí" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "sióg" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "síogaí" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "daoine maithe" }, { "code": "mga", "lang": "Middle Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "áes side" }, { "code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "áes síde" }, { "code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "neuter", "plural" ], "word": "síde" }, { "code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ben síde" }, { "code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "attributive", "neuter" ], "word": "síd" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fata" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "foletto" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "foletta" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "folletto" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "folletta" }, { "alt": "ようせい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yōsei", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "妖精" }, { "alt": "せんにょ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "sennyo", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "仙女" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "fearī", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "フェアリー" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "perı", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "пері" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "ʼappsɑɑ", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "អប្សរ" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "rɔɔrumphiə", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "រម្ភា" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "teip kaññaa", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ទេពកញ្ញា" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "peeori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "페어리" }, { "alt": "妖精", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "yojeong", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "요정" }, { "alt": "仙女", "code": "ko", "english": "Taoist fairy", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "seonnyeo", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "선녀" }, { "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "perî" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "peri", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "пери" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "perizat", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "перизат" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "nāng fā", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ນາງຟ້າ" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "ʼap pa sǭn", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ອັບປະສອນ" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "su rāng", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ສຸຣາງ" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thēp thi dā", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ເທບທິດາ" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "diva" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "divus" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "alfa" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "alfus" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fāta" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fada" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "feja" }, { "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fėja" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "samóvila", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "само́вила" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "víla", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ви́ла" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "féja", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "фе́ја" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "volšébnička", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "волше́бничка" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "stíja", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сти́ја" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "júda", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "archaic", "feminine" ], "word": "ју́да" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "pari-pari" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "pepari" }, { "code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "saħħara" }, { "code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "feri" }, { "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "shee" }, { "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sheeaghan" }, { "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ferrish" }, { "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "collective", "feminine" ], "word": "mooinjer veggey" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "heketoro" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "tūrehu" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "karitehe" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "kōrakorako" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "patupaiarehe" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "tahurangi" }, { "code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "parī", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "परी" }, { "code": "enm", "lang": "Middle English", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "elf" }, { "code": "gmh", "lang": "Middle High German", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "alp" }, { "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "dagina", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "дагина" }, { "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "dagini", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "Mongolian" ], "word": "ᠳᠠᠭᠢᠨᠢ" }, { "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fée" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "fe" }, { "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ielf" }, { "code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "alf" }, { "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "parí", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "پري" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "pari", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "پری" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "wróżka" }, { "code": "pl", "english": "demon being", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "wiła" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fada" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "elfo" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "zână" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "féja", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "фе́я" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "volšébnica", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "волше́бница" }, { "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "vidyādharī", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "विद्याधरी" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sìthiche" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bean-shìdh" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "collective", "masculine" ], "word": "sluagh sìdhe" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "attributive" ], "word": "sìth" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "ви́ла" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "вилѐња̄к" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "víla" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "vilènjāk" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "víla" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "vila" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "hada" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fada" }, { "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "kichimbakazi" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "fe" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "älva" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "ada" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "diwata" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "pari", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "парӣ" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "naang-fáa", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "นางฟ้า" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "têep-tí-daa", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "เทพธิดา" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "peri" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "irşi" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "tüngür" }, { "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "peri" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "féja", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "фе́я" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "čarivnýcja", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "чарівни́ця" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "parī", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "پری" }, { "code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "peri", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "پەرى" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "pari" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "sohira" }, { "code": "vec", "lang": "Venetian", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fada" }, { "alt": "仙女", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "tiên nữ" }, { "alt": "仙娘", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "nàng tiên" }, { "code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "fey" }, { "code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hifey" }, { "code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "jifey" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "mythical being", "word": "tylwyth teg" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "fee", "sense": "mythical being", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "פֿעע" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pederást", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "педера́ст" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "word": "同性戀" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "tóngxìngliàn", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "word": "同性恋" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "teplouš" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "bøsse" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "word": "invertito" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "word": "hintti" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "word": "naismainen mies" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tapette" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "folle" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "word": "maho" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "checca" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "finocchio" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "péder", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "пе́дер" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "pederást", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "педера́ст" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "kuni", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "word": "کونی" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ciota" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pedzio" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "szwagier" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "teściu" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "bicha" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "marica" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "zână" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "gómik", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "го́мик" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "muželóžec", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "мужело́жец" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sodomít", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "содоми́т" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pederást", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "педера́ст" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "teploš" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "marica" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mujercita" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "fjolla" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "word": "người đồng tính nam" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "feygele", "sense": "(derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": 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"enm", "3": "faierie" }, "expansion": "Middle English faierie", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "faerie" }, "expansion": "Old French faerie", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "fāta", "4": "", "5": "goddess of fate" }, "expansion": "Latin fāta (“goddess of fate”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fey", "3": "-ry" }, "expansion": "fey + -ry", "name": "af" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English faierie, fairie, from Old French faerie, from fae + -erie, from Latin fāta (“goddess of fate”). Equivalent to fey + -ry. Attested in English from about 1330, in King Alisaunder, first in the sense of \"enchantment, illusion, dream\" (\"that thou herdest is fairye\") and shortly thereafter \"realm of the fays, fairy-land\" and \"the inhabitants of fairyland, collectively\". The re-interpretation of the term as a countable noun denoting individual inhabitants of fairy-land can be traced to the 1390s, but became common only in the 16th century, perhaps due to reinterpreting phrases like faerie knight.", "forms": [ { "form": "more fairy", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most fairy", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "fairy (comparative more fairy, superlative most fairy)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "ref": "1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 287:", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate." ], "links": [ [ "fanciful", "fanciful" ], [ "whimsical", "whimsical" ], [ "delicate", "delicate" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈfɛəɹi/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈfeːɹi/", "tags": [ "General-Australian" ] }, { "enpr": "fârʹē", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈfɛə̯ɹi/", "note": "without the Mary–marry–merry merger" }, { "ipa": "/ˈfɛɹi/", "note": "Mary–marry–merry merger" }, { "audio": "En-us-fairy.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/En-us-fairy.ogg/En-us-fairy.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/En-us-fairy.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-ɛəɹi" }, { "homophone": "ferry (Mary–marry–merry merger)" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "faery" }, { "word": "faëry" }, { "word": "faerie" }, { "word": "faërie" }, { "tags": [ "archaic", "nonstandard" ], "word": "færie" }, { "word": "fairie" } ], "wikipedia": [ "King Alisaunder", "fairy" ], "word": "fairy" } { "etymology_text": "From genericized trademark Fairy.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "m", "2": "-" }, "expansion": "fairy m (uncountable)", "name": "es-noun" } ], "lang": "Spanish", "lang_code": "es", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 2 entries", "Pages with entries", "Peninsular Spanish", "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations", "Spanish entries with incorrect language header", "Spanish genericized trademarks", "Spanish lemmas", "Spanish masculine nouns", "Spanish nouns", "Spanish terms with quotations", "Spanish uncountable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "english": "However, we don't always have a chamois on hand, so we turn to other solutions, such as cleaning the glasses with Fairy and water.", "ref": "2022 January 23, Janire Manzanas, “¿Se pueden limpiar las gafas con Fairy?”, in OkDiario:", "text": "Sin embargo, no siempre tenemos una gamuza a mano, así que recurrimos a otras soluciones, como limpiar las gafas con Fairy y agua.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2019 March 5, “Así es la \"trampa del Fairy\" de Millo que desata las risas en redes”, in El Plural:", "text": "El exdelegado del Gobierno en Cataluña Josep Enric Millo se ha referido este martes durante su declaración en el juicio del 'procés' en el Supremo a la \"trampa del Fairy\" como uno de los tipos de agresión que sufrieron los agentes que participaron en el dispositivo desplegado en la jornada del referéndum del 1 de octubre en Cataluña.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "washing-up liquid, dish soap" ], "links": [ [ "washing-up liquid", "washing-up liquid" ], [ "dish soap", "dish soap" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Spain) washing-up liquid, dish soap" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "lavavajillas" }, { "word": "lavavajillas líquido" } ], "tags": [ "Spain", "masculine", "uncountable" ] } ], "word": "fairy" }
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