fée

Inherited from Old French fae, from Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada, Italian fata, Spanish hada.

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• Rhymes: -e

fée f (plural fées, masculine féetaud)

1. fairy, fay

• “fée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “fée” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “fée” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).

fée f (plural fées)

1. (Jersey) fairy