fay

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

Fitted closely together.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To fit.
2. (transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
3. (intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
4. (obsolete) To fadge.

Noun

A fairy.

Verb

To cleanse; clean out.

Noun

A white person.

Sinónimos

fairy

🧚

faerie

pixy

faery

ofay

sylph

elf

🧝

spirit

sprite

pixie

snug fit

undine

water nymph

Nereid

brownie

close fit

drive fit

faith

fit

genie

🧞

genii

mermaid

🧜‍♀️

naiad

nix

nymph

Traducións

Fee

🧚

fée

🧚

fata

🧚

hada

🧚

fee

🧚

fada

🧚

fada

fada

🧚

νεράιδα

lutin

👿

duende

peri

🧚

Elfe

şakacı cin

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/feɪ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: feyen

Herdado de Old English: fēġan

Relativo a Saterfriesisch: fougje

Relativo a frisón occidental: foegje

Relativo a neerlandés: voegen

Relativo a alemán: fügen

Relativo a Old English: fōn

Herdado de Middle English: faie

Herdado de Middle English: fegien

Relativo a sueco: feja

Relativo a dinamarqués: feje

Relativo a alemán: fegen

Relativo a neerlandés: vegen

In summary

Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.