Inherited fromOld Frenchfae, fromVulgar LatinFāta(“goddess of fate”), from the plural ofLatinfātum(“fate”). CompareCatalan,Occitan, andPortuguesefada,Italianfata,Spanishhada.

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• Rhymes:-e

fée f (pluralfées,masculineféetaud)

1. fairy,fay

• “fée”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.
• “fée” inDictionnaire français en ligneLarousse.
• “fée” inÉmile Littré,Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

FromVulgar LatinFāta(“goddess of fate”), from the plural ofLatinfātum(“fate”).

fée f (pluralfées)

1. (Jersey)fairy

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