fe

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin fidēs.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ/

Noun

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

1. religion

References

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

1. faith

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))

See also

• alf c

Etymology

From Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɛ]

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

1. faith
2. confidence, belief

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)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe/, /fɛ/

Noun

fe (plural fe-i)

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

Particle

fe

1. (obsolete) auxiliary to form the past tense

   fe creder ― believed

Romanization

fe

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feː]

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu.

References

• “fe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fé

References

• “fe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• fei

Etymology

Latin fides.

Noun

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

1. faith

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “fides”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 30, page 503

Etymology

Latin fides.

Noun

fe f

1. faith

Etymology

From Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe/

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

1. faith

Further reading

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

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)

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)

Noun

fe (definite accusative, plural feler)

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

Noun

fe (definite accusative feni, plural feler)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veː/

Pronoun

fe

1. he, him

Particle

fe (triggers soft mutation on the following verb)

1. (South Wales) used with verbs other than bod to mark affirmative statements.