Fee

See also: fee, fée, fêe, feë, fe'e, and fɛɛ́

English

Proper noun

Fee

  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Fiona.
    • 2023, Zoë Jasko, Hope is Daffodil Bright:
      Then turning to Fiona, she said, “Fee, I'll only be a minute. []

German

Etymology

Middle High German fei(n)e. Borrowed from French fée, from Latin fata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feː/
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  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

Fee f (genitive Fee, plural Feen)

  1. fairy

Declension

Hyponyms

  • Glücksfee, Märchenfee, Waldfee, Zahnfee, Zauberfee, Zuckerfee
  • Küchenfee, Lottofee, Putzfee

Further reading

  • Fee” in Duden online
  • Fee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old French fae, from Latin fata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

Fee f (plural Feeën)

  1. fairy

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German vehe, from Old Saxon fehu.

Noun

Fee n

  1. cattle