# fe
## English
### Adverb

fe (not comparable)
* Alternative form of f.e.

### Noun

fe
* Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”)

## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fēdes, from Latin fidēs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛ/

### Noun

fe f (plural fe, definite feja, definite plural fetë)
* religion

#### Derived terms

* fetar m, fetare f
* pafe
* pafeja

### References

* ↑ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 236

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. First attested in the 12th century. Compare Occitan fe.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈfɛ]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈfə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfe]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

fe f (plural fes)
* faith

##### Related terms

* fidel

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin fēnum.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈfɛ]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈfə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfe]

#### Noun

fe m (plural fes)
* (archaic or dialectal) hay
    Synonym: fenc

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* fé (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfe]

#### Verb

fe
* (Balearic) inflection of fer:
** third-person singular preterite indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### Further reading

* “fe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### References

* ↑ “fe”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From French fée (“fairy”), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

### Noun

fe c (singular definite feen, plural indefinite feer)
* fairy, fay (mythical being (of female gender))

#### Inflection
### See also

* alf c

## Fala
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfe/
* Rhymes: -e
* Syllabification: fe

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fe, from Latin fidem. Compare Galician fe and Portuguese fé.

#### Noun

fe f (plural fes)
* faith

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese fel , from Vulgar Latin *felem.

#### Alternative forms

* fel (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

#### Noun

fe f (uncountable)
* (Lagarteiru) bile

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fe, from Latin fidem. Compare Fala fe and Portuguese fé.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fɛ]

### Noun

fe f (uncountable)
* faith
* confidence, belief

### Further reading

* “fe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Gwahatike
### Noun

fe
* water

### Further reading

* John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012)

## Ido
### Etymology

From f +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fe/, /fɛ/

### Noun

fe (plural fe-i)
* The name of the Latin script letter F/f.

#### See also

* Latin script letter names: literi: a · be · ce · che · de · e · fe · ge · he · i · je · ke · le · me · ne · o · pe · que · re · se · she · te · u · ve · we · xe · ye · ze

## Japanese
### Romanization

fe
* The katakana syllable フェ (fe) in Hepburn-like romanization.

## Ladino
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

fe f (Hebrew spelling פ׳י)
* Alternative form of fey
** 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎, volumes 26–28, page 9:La kreensia en la yegada del Mashiah, punto sentral en la fe de los mekubalim, se ilustra en la sigiente leyenda sovre Rabi Yitshak Luria: […]The trust in the Messiah's arrival, [a] central point in the cabalists' faith, is illustrated in the following legend of Rabi Yitshak Luria…

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fe
* (Haketia) Alternative form of fue

#### References

* ↑ “fe”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

fe
* Nonstandard spelling of fē.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old English feoh.

### Noun

fe
* livestock, cattle
** a. 1500, Robert Henryson, Robin and Makyne:Robin sat on gude green hill, Kepand a flock of feRobin sat on a good green hill, keeping a flock of cattle.

### References

* “fe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [feː]

### Etymology 1

From French fée (“fairy”), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

#### Noun

fe m (definite singular feen, indefinite plural feer, definite plural feene)
* a fairy (mythical being)

##### Derived terms

* tannfe

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu.

#### Noun

fe n (definite singular feet, indefinite plural fe, definite plural fea or feene)
* cattle, livestock
* fool, blockhead

##### Derived terms

* fjærfe
* storfe

### References

* “fe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu. Cognates include English fee.

#### Noun

fe n (definite singular feet, indefinite plural fe, definite plural fea)
* (uncountable) livestock, cattle
* (countable) farm animal
* a blockhead, fool
* (collective, archaic) riches, wealth, property

##### Derived terms

* fjørfe
* moskusfe
* storfe

### Etymology 2

From French fée (“fairy”), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

#### Noun

fe f (definite singular fea, indefinite plural feer, definite plural feene)
* a fairy (mythical being)

##### Derived terms

* tannfe

### References

* “fe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan fe, from Old Occitan fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Noun

fe f (plural fes)
* faith

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fidem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛ/

### Noun

fe f (plural fes)
* faith
* belief

#### Descendants

* Fala: fe
* Galician: fe
* Portuguese: fé

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "fe"

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* fei

### Etymology

From Latin fidem.

### Noun

fe f (oblique plural fes, nominative singular fe, nominative plural fes)
* faith

#### Descendants

* Occitan: fe

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fides”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 503

## Old Spanish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fidēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

#### Noun

fe f
* (religion) faith
* confidence; trust (faith)

##### Alternative forms

* fee

##### Descendants

* Ladino: fe, fey, פ׳יי, פ׳י
* Spanish: fe

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic.

#### Interjection

fe
* look!

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “fe”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 253

## Polish
### Etymology

Natural expression. First attested in 1624–1639.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Syllabification: fe

### Interjection

fe
* (colloquial) yuck! ick! expressing disgust
    Synonyms: fu, fuj, pfu, pfuj
* (colloquial) no! bad! reprimand of behavior
    Synonym: fuj

### Adjective

fe (comparative bardziej fe, superlative najbardziej fe, no derived adverb)
* (childish) icky, yucky
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zły

### Related terms

* afe

### References

* ↑ Wiesław Morawski (10.12.2018) “FE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

### Further reading

* fe in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* fe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “fe”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “fe”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “fe”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 727

## Romanian
### Interjection

fe
* Obsolete form of fă.

### References

* fe in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* fé (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fe, fee, from Latin fidēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfe/ [ˈfe]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -e
* Syllabification: fe

### Noun

fe f (uncountable)
* faith

#### Derived terms

* a fe
* a fe mía
* a la buena fe
* a la fe
* artículo de fe
* auto de fe
* buena fe
* dar fe
* de buena fe
* dogma de fe
* en fe
* fe católica
* mala fe
* por mi fe
* prestar fe
* promotor de la fe
* salto de fe

#### Related terms

* fiar
* fiel

### Verb

fe
* inflection of far:
** first-person singular preterite indicative
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “fe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* fé (not listed in SAOL)

### Etymology

First used in 1746, from French fée, based on vulgar Latin fata (“goddess of fate”)

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

fe c
* fairy (mythological being)

#### Usage notes

* The definite form feen is the only one in SAOL 6, an alternative one in SAOL 8 and not listed in SAOL 13.

#### Related terms

* fedrottning
* felik
* fesaga
* feslott
* fevärld

### References

* fé in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
* Fe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
* fe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

## Turkish
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

fe (definite accusative [please provide], plural feler)
* The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

fe
* Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ف

## Turkmen
### Noun

fe (definite accusative feni, plural feler)
* The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) harp; a, be, çe, de, e, ä, ef, ge, ha, i, je, že, ke, el, em, en, eň, o, ö, pe, re, se, şa, te, u, ü, we, y, ýy, ze

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /veː/
* Rhymes: -eː

### Pronoun

fe
* he, him

#### Usage notes

Fe is used in South Wales and is a variant of e. The choice between e and fe is dependent on grammatical and euphonic considerations. The forms o and fo are used in the north.

### Particle

fe (triggers soft mutation on the following verb)
* (South Wales) used with inflected verbs to mark affirmative statements.
    Fe werthes i hanner dwsin.I sold half a dozen.

#### Usage notes

* This particle is optional and may only be used before inflected verbs in the preterite, future or conditional in affirmative statements, e.g. fe fydda i'n mynd (“I will go”).
* Some speakers may drop the particle but keep the resulting soft mutation, e.g. fydda i'n mynd (“I will go”) instead of bydda i'n mynd.

#### Synonyms

* mi (North Wales)
* y (literary)