"tooth fairy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtuːθ ˌfɛə̯ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtuθ ˌfɛə̯ɹi/ [General-American], /-ˌfɛɹi/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-tooth fairy.oga [General-American] Forms: tooth fairies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Characters from folklore, Fairy tale characters, Mythological figures, Teeth Synonyms: Tooth Fairy Derived forms: atoothfairyist [humorous, rare], Tooth Fairy science Translations (figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth): tandemuis (Afrikaans), جِنِّيّ أَسْنَان (jinniyy ʔasnān) (Arabic), Maritxu Teilatuko (Basque), Maritxu Telletuko (Basque), зубная фея (zubnaja fjeja) [feminine] (Belarusian), angelet de les dents [masculine] (Catalan), angelets [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 牙仙 (yáxiān) (Chinese Mandarin), tandfe [common-gender] (Danish), tandenfee [feminine] (Dutch), hammaskeiju (Finnish), fée des dents [feminine] (French), petite souris [feminine] (French), Zahnfee [feminine] (German), פיית השיניים (feyát hashináyim) (Hebrew), fogtündér (Hungarian), dentofeo (Ido), peri gigi (Indonesian), acchiappadenti [masculine] (Italian), fatina dei denti [feminine] (Italian), topolino [masculine] (Italian), 歯の妖精 (shinoyōsei) (alt: しのようせい) (Japanese), 이의 요정 (iui yojeong) (Korean), забна самовила (zabna samovila) [feminine] (Macedonian), pari-pari gigi (Malay), ဒေဝတဴၚေက် (dewataoṅek) (Mon), шүдний дагина (šüdnii dagina) (Mongolian), tannfe [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tannfe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پری دندان (pari-ye dandân) (Persian), zębowa wróżka [feminine] (Polish), fada dos dentes [feminine] (Portuguese), зубная фе́я (zubnaja féja) (Russian), hada de los dientes [feminine] (Spanish), ratoncito Pérez [masculine] (Spanish), ratón Pérez [masculine] (Spanish), tandfe [common-gender] (Swedish), ทูธแฟรี (Thai), diş perisi (Turkish), зубна фея (zubna feja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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          "roman": "zubnaja féja",
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          "word": "зубная фе́я"
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          "word": "hada de los dientes"
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      "word": "tandenfee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "hammaskeiju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fée des dents"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petite souris"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zahnfee"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "feyát hashináyim",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "פיית השיניים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "fogtündér"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "dentofeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "peri gigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acchiappadenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fatina dei denti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "topolino"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しのようせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinoyōsei",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "歯の妖精"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "iui yojeong",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "이의 요정"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zabna samovila",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "забна самовила"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "pari-pari gigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "roman": "dewataoṅek",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "ဒေဝတဴၚေက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šüdnii dagina",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "шүдний дагина"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tannfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tannfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pari-ye dandân",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "پری دندان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zębowa wróżka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fada dos dentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zubnaja féja",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "зубная фе́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hada de los dientes"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ratoncito Pérez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ratón Pérez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tandfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "ทูธแฟรี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "word": "diş perisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zubna feja",
      "sense": "figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зубна фея"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tooth fairy"
}

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