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German
Pronunciation
Verb
fei
- singular imperative of feien
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of feien
Italian
Verb
fei
- (poetic) Obsolete form of feci, first-person singular past historic of fare
Anagrams
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Chinese 絲 (MC si).
Noun
fei
- silk
Mandarin
Romanization
fei
- Nonstandard spelling of fēi.
- Nonstandard spelling of féi.
- Nonstandard spelling of fěi.
- Nonstandard spelling of fèi.
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 1
From Middle French feie.
Adjective
fei
- Alternative form of faie
Noun
fei
- Alternative form of faie
Etymology 2
From Old English fǣġe.
Adjective
fei
- Alternative form of fey (“marked for death”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
fei
- imperative of feie
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
fei m
- a swoop, speed; Used in the expression i ein fei.
Etymology 2
Noun
fei n
- (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of fe
Old French
Noun
fei oblique singular, f (oblique plural feis, nominative singular fei, nominative plural feis)
- (early Old French or Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of foi