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fe

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fēdes, from Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛ/

Noun

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

  1. religion

Declension

Derived terms

  • fetar m, fetare f
  • pafe
  • pafeja

References

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfɛ]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfe]

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith
Related terms
  • fidel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin fēnum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfɛ]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfe]

Noun

fe m (plural fes)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) hay
    Synonym: fenc

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • fé (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfe]

Verb

fe

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

Further reading

  • “fe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

References

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

  • alf c

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfe/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

  • fel (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

  1. (Lagarteiru) bile

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɛ]

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

  1. faith
  2. confidence, belief

Further reading

  • “fe” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Gwahatike

Noun

fe

  1. water

Further reading

  • John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012)

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe/, /fɛ/

Noun

fe (plural fe-i)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze (Category: io:Latin letter names)

Japanese

Romanization

fe

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふぇ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of フェ

Mandarin

Romanization

fe

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fē.

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

References

  • “fe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [feː]

Etymology 1

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
  • tannfe

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fé, 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
  • fjærfe
  • storfe

References

  • “fe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fé, 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
  • fjørfe
  • moskusfe
  • storfe

Etymology 2

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
  • tannfe

References

  • “fe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

  • IPA(key): /fɛ/

Noun

fe f

  1. faith
  2. belief

Descendants

  • Fala: fe
  • Galician: fe
  • Portuguese: fé

Further reading

  • Universo Cantigas - "fe"

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

  • fei

Etymology

From Latin fidem.

Noun

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

  1. faith

Descendants

  • Occitan: fe

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fides”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 503

Polish

Etymology

Natural expression. First attested in 1624–1639.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Syllabification: fe

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

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • fe in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “fe”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[2]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “fe”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[3]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “fe”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 727

Romanian

Interjection

fe

  1. Obsolete form of fă.

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

  1. faith

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “fe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • fé (not listed in SAOL)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eː

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

Related terms

  • fedrottning
  • felik
  • fesaga
  • feslott
  • fevärld

References

  • fé in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  • Fe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
  • fe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

fe (definite accusative [please provide], plural feler)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

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.

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) harp; a, be, çe, de, e, ä, ef, ge, ha, i, je, že, ke, el, em, en, eň, o, ö, pe, re, se, şa, te, u, ü, we, y, ýy, ze

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

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.

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)

Source: wiktionary.org