"fée" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fe/ Audio: Fr-fée.ogg Forms: fées [plural]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Inherited from Old French fae, from Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada, Italian fata, Spanish hada. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|fae|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French fae, {{inh+|fr|fro|fae}} Inherited from Old French fae, {{inh|fr|VL.|Fāta||goddess of fate}} Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), {{der|fr|la|fātum||fate}} Latin fātum (“fate”), {{cog|ca,oc,pt|fada}} Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada, {{cog|it|fata}} Italian fata, {{cog|es|hada}} Spanish hada Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} fée f (plural fées)
  1. fairy, fay Tags: feminine Derived forms: conte de fées, doigts de fée, fée des dents, Fée des étoiles, fée du logis, fée verte, mains de fée, Morgane la fée Related terms: féerie, féerique
    Sense id: en-fée-fr-noun-8~R74-XM Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fée meaning in French (3.9kB)

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        {
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          "expansion": "→ German: Fee",
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        "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
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