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English

Noun

fe

  1. Alternative form of pe (Semitic letter)

Albanian

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fēdes, from Latin fidēs.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

fe f (plural fe, definite feja, definite plural fetë)

  1. religion

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 236

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. First attested in the 12th century.[1] Compare Occitan fe.

Pronunciation

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin fēnum.

Pronunciation

Noun

fe m (plural fes)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) hay
    Synonym: fenc

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

fe

  1. (Balearic) inflection of fer:
    1. third-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

References

  1. ^ fe”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Danish

Etymology

From French fée (fairy), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (destiny, fate).

Noun

fe c (singular definite feen, plural indefinite feer)

  1. fairy, fay (mythical being (of female gender))

Inflection

See also

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfe/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: fe

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fe, from Latin fidem. Compare Galician fe and Portuguese .

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese fel , from Vulgar Latin *felem.

Alternative forms

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

  1. (Lagarteiru) bile

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fe, from Latin fidem. Compare Fala fe and Portuguese .

Pronunciation

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

  1. faith
  2. confidence, belief

Further reading

Gwahatike

Noun

fe

  1. water

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

From f +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

fe (plural fe-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter F/f.

See also

Japanese

Romanization

fe

  1. The katakana syllable フェ (fe) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Mandarin

Romanization

fe

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English feoh.

Noun

fe

  1. livestock, cattle
    • a. 1500, Robert Henryson, Robin and Makyne:
      Robin sat on gude green hill,
      Kepand a flock of fe
      Robin sat on a good green hill,
      keeping a flock of cattle.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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From French fée (fairy), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (destiny, fate).

Noun

fe m (definite singular feen, indefinite plural feer, definite plural feene)

  1. a fairy (mythical being)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fehu.

Noun

fe n (definite singular feet, indefinite plural fe, definite plural fea or feene)

  1. cattle, livestock
  2. fool, blockhead
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu. Cognates include English fee.

Noun

fe n (definite singular feet, indefinite plural fe, definite plural fea)

  1. (uncountable) livestock, cattle
  2. (countable) farm animal
  3. a blockhead, fool
  4. (collective, archaic) riches, wealth, property
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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From French fée (fairy), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (destiny, fate).

Noun

fe f (definite singular fea, indefinite plural feer, definite plural feene)

  1. a fairy (mythical being)
Derived terms

References

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan fe, from Old Occitan fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fidem.

Pronunciation

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith
  2. belief

Descendants

  • Fala: fe
  • Galician: fe
  • Portuguese:

Further reading

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fidem.

Noun

fe f (oblique plural fes, nominative singular fe, nominative plural fes)

  1. faith

Descendants

  • Occitan: fe

References

Polish

Etymology

Natural expression. First attested in 1624–1639.[1]

Pronunciation

Interjection

fe

  1. (colloquial) yuck! ick! expressing disgust
    Synonyms: fu, fuj, pfu, pfuj
  2. (colloquial) no! bad! reprimand of behavior
    Synonym: fuj

Adjective

fe (comparative bardziej fe, superlative najbardziej fe, no derived adverb)

  1. (childish) icky, yucky
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zły
interjection

References

  1. ^ Wiesław Morawski (10.12.2018) “FE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

Romanian

Interjection

fe

  1. Obsolete form of .

References

  • fe in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fe, fee, from Latin fidēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (to command, to persuade, to trust).

Pronunciation

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

  1. faith

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

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Alternative forms

  • (not listed in SAOL)

Etymology

First used in 1746, from French fée, based on vulgar Latin fata (goddess of fate)

Pronunciation

Noun

fe c

  1. fairy (mythological being)

Usage notes

  • The definite form feen is the only one in SAOL 6, an alternative one in SAOL 8 and not listed in SAOL 13.

Declension

References

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

fe (definite accusative , plural feler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

fe

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ف

Turkmen

Noun

fe (definite accusative feni, plural feler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

Pronoun

fe

  1. he, him

Usage notes

Fe is used in South Wales and is a variant of e. The choice between e and fe is dependent on grammatical and euphonic considerations. The forms o and fo are used in the north.

Particle

fe (triggers soft mutation on the following verb)

  1. (South Wales) used with inflected verbs to mark affirmative statements.
    Fe werthes i hanner dwsin.
    I sold half a dozen.

Usage notes

  • This particle is optional and may only be used before inflected verbs in the preterite, future or conditional in affirmative statements, e.g. fe fydda i'n mynd (I will go).
  • Some speakers may drop the particle but keep the resulting soft mutation, e.g. fydda i'n mynd (I will go) instead of bydda i'n mynd.

Synonyms

  • mi (North Wales)
  • y (literary)