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Fe

Fe

See also: fe, FE, F&E, , , , f.e., and Appendix:Variations of "fe"

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin ferrum (iron)

Symbol

Fe

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for iron.

Derived terms


English

Noun

Fe (plural Fes)

  1. American Library Association abbreviation for forty-eighth, a book size (7.5-10 cm in height); a book of that height.

Synonyms

Anagrams


Cornish

Proper noun

Fe

  1. Mixed mutation of Me.

fe

fe

See also: Fe, FE, F&E, , , , f.e., and Appendix:Variations of "fe"

Albanian

Noun

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

  1. religion

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for students of Indo-European

Catalan

Noun

fe f (plural fes)

  1. faith

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


Faliscan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeː/, /ˈheː/

Adverb

  1. Alternative spelling of

Galician

Etymology

From Latin fidēs.

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

  1. faith
  2. confidence, belief

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe/, /fɛ/

Noun

fe (plural fe-i)

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

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Japanese

Romanization

fe

  1. rōmaji reading of ふぇ
  2. rōmaji reading of フェ

Lojban

Cmavo

fe

  1. indicates that the following word or phrase is the x2sumti

Related terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [feː]

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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


Old Portuguese

Etymology

Latin fides.

Noun

fe f

  1. faith

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin fides.

Noun

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

  1. faith

Descendants

  • Catalan: fe

References


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe̞/

Noun

fe f (uncountable)

  1. faith

Derived terms

Related terms


Swedish

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

  • (not listed in SAOL)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

fe c

  1. fairy (mythological being)

Declension

Inflection of fe 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fe fen feer feerna
Genitive fes fens feers feernas

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.

Related terms

  • fedrottning
  • felik
  • fesaga
  • feslott
  • fevärld

References


Turkish

Noun

fe (definite accusative, plural feler)

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

See also


Turkmen

Noun

fe (definite accusative feni, plural feler)

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

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Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veː/

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 verbs other than bod to mark affirmative statements.

Synonyms

  • mi (North Wales)