# fé
## Ghomala'
### Pronunciation

Rhymes: -e

### Verb

fé alternate of fé
* to suck
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### References

* Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
* Gabriel Mba, Les extensions verbales en Ghomala' - Journal of West African Languages XXVI.1 (1996-97)

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock, domestic animals”). Cognate with English fee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fjɛː/
* Rhymes: -ɛː

### Noun

fé n (genitive singular fjár or (proscribed) fjárs or fés, nominative plural (archaic/obsolete) fé)
* livestock; cattle, chiefly sheep
* assets
* money
* fehu; the first letter of the runic futhark alphabet

#### Usage notes

* Now singular only, this noun had plural forms in Old Icelandic.
* The proscribed forms fjárs and fés sometimes appear, see Ritmálssafn. Compare to the proscribed genitive singular form föðurs of the r-stem faðir or to the other similar neuters ending in -é, hné and tré.

#### Declension

$^1$Archaic/obsolete. $^2$Proscribed.

### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “fé”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
* Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
* “fé” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
* “fé”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish fo, from *wo, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo. Compare Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó), Middle Welsh go.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fʲeː/

### Preposition

fé (plus dative, triggers lenition)
* Munster form of faoi (“under; about, concerning”)

#### Related terms

* faoi (standard and Connacht form)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfe/$^*$
* Rhymes: -e
* Hyphenation: fé

### Verb

fé
* (archaic, literary) Alternative form of fece, third-person singular past historic of fare

### References

* fé in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Ladin
### Alternative forms

* fat, fèr, fèsc

### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fāre.

### Verb

fé
* to do
* to make

#### Conjugation

* Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* faer (Guernsey)
* fer (Sark)

### Etymology

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum (“iron”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

fé m (uncountable)
* (Jersey, France) iron

#### Derived terms

* Âge dé Fé
* cèrcl'ye dé fé
* c'mîn d'fé
* fé à j'va
* g'vil'ye en fé
* pliataine en fé

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fehu (“livestock, wealth”), from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu.

### Noun

fé n (genitive fjár)
* cattle; livestock, (especially sheep)
* property, money

#### Synonyms

* eyrir (money)
* fær (sheep)
* sauðr (sheep)

#### Derived terms

* afnámsfé n (“goods”)
* bóndafé n (“district fund”)
* búfé n (“live stock”)
* búfénaðr m (“live stock”)
* dilkfé n (“ewes together with their lambs”)
* erfðafé n (“heritage, inheritance”)
* fastr af fé
* fjáraflan f (“making money”)
* fjárafli m (“property”)
* fjárauðn f (“losing all one's money”)
* fjárbeit f (“pasture for sheep”)
* fjárburðr m (“bribery”)
* fjárbón f (“asking for money”)
* fjárdráttr m (“making money”)
* fjáreigandi (“wealthy”)
* fjáreign f (“wealth, property”)
* fjáreyðsla f (“spending of money”)
* fjáreyðslumaðr m (“spendthrift”)
* fjárfang n (“booty, plunder”)
* fjárfar n (“money affairs”)
* fjárforráð n (“administration (management) of one's money”)
* fjárframlag n (“laying out contributions of money”)
* fjárfundr m (“a find of money”)
* fjárfóðr n (“fodder for sheep”)
* fjárfœði n (“fodder for sheep”)
* fjárgeymsla f (“tending of sheep or cattle”)
* fjárgjald n (“payment”)
* fjárgjǫf f (“gift of money”)
* fjárgæzla f (“tending of sheep and cattle”)
* fjárgæzlumaðr m (“thrifty man”)
* fjárhagr m (“(management of one's) money matters”)
* fjárhald n (“withholding/administration of money”)
* fjárheimta f (“claim for money owing one”)
* fjárhirzla f (“treasure; treasury”)
* fjárhlutir m pl (“property, valuables”)
* fjárkostnaðr m (“expenses”)
* fjárleiga f (“rent”)
* fjárlát n (“loss of money”)
* fjármissa f (“loss of money”)
* fjármunir m pl (“property, valuables”)
* fjárnám n (“seizure of money, plunder”)
* fjárorkumaðr m (“a wealthy man”)
* fjárpynd f (“extortion”)
* fjárreiður f pl (“money matters”)
* fjárrekstr m (“drove of sheep”)
* fjárreyta f (“cheating, plunder”)
* fjárrán n (“robbery”)
* fjársekt f (“fine in money”)
* fjársjóðr m (“treasure”)
* fjárskakki m (“unjust sharing”)
* fjárskaði m (“loss of money”)
* fjárskipti n (“division of property”)
* fjárstarf n (“management of one's money matters”)
* fjárstaðr m (“a (good or bad) investment”)
* fjártaka f (“seizure of money”)
* fjártilkall n (“claim for money”)
* fjártjón n (“loss of money”)
* fjárupptaka f (“loss of one's property”)
* fjárupptekt f (“loss of one's property”)
* fjárvarðveizla f (“property management; tending of sheep or cattle”)
* fjárverðr (“valuable”)
* fjárviðtaka f (“receipt of money”)
* fjárván f (“expectation of money”)
* fjárágirnd f (“greed for money”)
* fjárágirni f (“greed for money”)
* fjárútlát n pl (“outlay”)
* fjárþurfi (“needing money”)
* fjárþurft f (“need of money”)
* fjós n (“byre”)
* féauðnumaðr m (“a man lucky with his sheep”)
* féboð n (“an offer of money”)
* fébrǫgð n pl (“devices for making money”)
* fébótalaust (“without any compensation being paid”)
* fébœtr f pl (“compensation”)
* fédrengr m (“open-handed man”)
* fédrjúgr (“rich in sheep and cattle”)
* féfang n (“booty”)
* féfastr (“closefisted”)
* féfellir m (“loss of sheep”)
* féfesti n (“closefistedness”)
* féfletta (“to strip (one) of money, cheat (one)”)
* féfrekr (“greedy for money”)
* féfátt (“in want of money”)
* féfǫng n pl (“booty, plunder, spoil”)
* fégirnd f (“avarice”)
* fégirni f (“avarice”)
* fégjald n (“payment, fine”)
* fégjarn (“covetous, avaricious”)
* fégjǫf f (“a gift of money”)
* fégløggr (“closehanded”)
* fégrið n pl (“security for property”)
* fégyrðill m (“money-bag, purse”)
* fégætni f (“saving habits”)
* fégǫfugr (“blessed with wealth”)
* féhirzla f (“treasure; treasury”)
* féhirzluhús n (“treasure-house”)
* féhirzlumaðr m (“treasurer”)
* féhirðir m (“shepherd; treasurer”)
* féhús n (“byre; treasury”)
* fékostnaðr m (“expenditure, expense”)
* fékostr m (“expenditure, expense”)
* fékrókar m pl (“money-crooks: wrinkles about the eyes marking a greedy man”)
* fékátr (“proud of one's wealth”)
* félag n (“fellowship, partnership”)
* félagi m (“companion, partner”)
* félauss (“penniless; poor”)
* félaust (“gratis, for free”)
* féleysi n (“want of money”)
* féligr (“valuable, handsome”)
* félitill (“poor; of little value”)
* félát n (“loss of money”)
* fémaðr m (“moneyed man”)
* fémikill (“rich, valuable, costly”)
* fémildr (“open-handed”)
* fémissa f (“loss of property”)
* fémunir m pl (“valuables”)
* fémál n pl (“money-matters”)
* fémætr (“valuable”)
* fémúta f (“bribe in money”)
* fénaðr m (“sheep, cattle”)
* féníðingr m (“miser”)
* fénýta (“make use of”)
* fénýtr (“that will make money”)
* fépenningr m (“pennyworth, money”)
* fépynd f (“extortion”)
* férán n (“plunder”)
* féránsdómr m (“court of extortion”)
* féráð n (“advice in money-matters”)
* féríkr (“wealthy”)
* fésamr (“lucrative”)
* fésekr (“fined”)
* fésekt f (“fine”)
* fésjóðr m (“bag of money”)
* fésjúkr (“greedy of money”)
* féskortr m (“shortness of money”)
* féskuld f (“monetary debt”)
* féskurðr m (“detriment”)
* féskygn (“covetous”)
* fésnauðr (“poor in money”)
* fésníkja f (“intruding as a parasite”)
* fésníkni f (“intruding as a parasite”)
* fésnúðr m (“lucre”)
* fésparr (“sparing”)
* féspjǫrr n pl (“spells to get wealth”)
* fésátt f (“agreement as to payment”)
* fésæla f (“wealth”)
* fésæll (“wealthy”)
* fésætt f (“an agreement as to payment”)
* fésínki f (“niggardliness”)
* fésínkr (“niggardly”)
* fésǫk f (“suit, action for money”)
* fétaka f (“taking or receiving money”)
* févani (“short of money”)
* féván f (“expectancy of money”)
* févænliga (“in a manner of promising profit”)
* févænligr (“profitable”)
* févænn (“profitable”)
* févǫxtr m (“wealth-increase”)
* féþurfi (“in need of money”)
* jarðfé n (“treasure hidden in the earth”)
* kvikfé n (“live stock”)
* kvikfénaðr m (“live stock”)
* lausafé n (“movable property”)
* leigufé n (“hired cattle”)
* metfé n (“a thing having a special value set upon it”)
* mútufé n (“bribery”)
* ránsfé n (“proceeds of plunder”)
* sauðfé n (“sheep”)
* sauðfénaðr m (“sheep”)
* sektarfé n (“property”)
* skattfé n (“tribute money”)
* slátrfé n (“slaughter-cattle”)
* staðafé n (“church property”)
* taflfé n (“the money that is played for”)
* tíundarfé n (“tithe-money”)
* veðfé n (“bet, wager”)
* útifé n (“cattle that graze outside (in the winter)”)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: fé
* Faroese: fæ
* Norwegian Nynorsk: fe; (dialectal) fi
* Norwegian Bokmål: fe
* Old Swedish: fǣ
** Swedish: fä
* Danish: fæ

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fé”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 132; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/132 Internet Archive]

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fe/

### Verb

fé
* to do
* to make

### Further reading

* https://www.piemonteis.com/dizionario-piemontese-italiano.php?parola=f%C3%A9

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* fè (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fe, fee, from Latin fidem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Compare Fala and Galician fe.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Hyphenation: fé

### Noun

fé f (plural fés)
* faith
* belief

#### Related terms

* fiel
* fidelidade

### Further reading

* “fé” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “fé”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “fé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Noun

fé f (plural fés)
* Obsolete spelling of fe.

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Old French faire, from Latin facere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fe/

### Verb

fé
* to do
* to make

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | fai', faire | fai', faire | fai', faire | fai', faire | fai', faire |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | fijhant | fijhant | fijhant | fijhant | fijhant |
| auxiliary | auxiliary | auxiliary | aveur | aveur | aveur | aveur | aveur |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | fwait | fwait | fwaite | fwaite |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | fwaits | fwaits | fwaites | fwaites |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | dji (dj') | ti (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos | vos | i (il) |
| indicative | present | fwai | fwais | fwait | fijhans | fijhoz | foaiynut |
| indicative | imperfect | fijheu | fijheus | fijheut | fijhéns | fijhîz | fijhént |
| indicative | preterit | fijha | fijhas | fijha | fijhéns | fijhîz | fijhént |
| indicative | future | frè | frès | frè | frans | froz | front |
| indicative | conditional | freu | freus | freut | freins | friez | freint |
| subjunctive | | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos | ki vos | k' i (il) |
| subjunctive | present | fwaixhe | fwaixhes | fwaixhe | fijhanxhe | fijhoxhe | foaixhnuxhe or foaxhèxhe |
| subjunctive | present | fijhaxhe | fijhaxhes | fijhaxhe | fijheinxhe | fijhiexhe | fijheinxhe |
| imperative | | — | ti | — | dji / nos | vos | — |
| imperative | affirmative | | fwai | | fijhans | fijhoz | |