"faire" meaning in English

See faire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} faire
  1. (Early Modern) Obsolete spelling of fair. Tags: Early, Modern, alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: fair
    Sense id: en-faire-en-adj-cLHPvPOh Categories (other): Early Modern English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun

Forms: faires [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} faire (plural faires)
  1. (Early Modern) Obsolete spelling of fair. Tags: Early, Modern, alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: fair Related terms (etymologically unrelated terms): laisser faire, laissez faire, laissez-faire, savoir-faire, scène à faire
    Sense id: en-faire-en-noun-cLHPvPOh Categories (other): Early Modern English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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