fé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fe"

Ghomala'

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -e

Verb

fé alternate of fé

1. to suck

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See also

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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^(key): /fjɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

fé n (genitive singular fjár or (proscribed) fjárs or fés, nominative plural (archaic/obsolete) fé)

1. livestock; cattle, chiefly sheep
2. assets
3. money
4. 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

Declension of fé (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fé	féð	fé1	fén1
accusative	fé	féð	fé1	fén1
dative	fé	fénu	fjám1	fjánum1
genitive	fjár, fjárs2, fés2	fjárins, fjársins2, fésins2	fjá1	fjánna1

¹Archaic/obsolete.
²Proscribed.

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^(key): /fʲeː/

Preposition

fé (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. Munster form of faoi (“under; about, concerning”)

Related terms

• faoi (standard and Connacht form)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe/^*
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: fé

Verb

fé

1. (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

1. to do
2. to make

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of fé (third conjugation, irregular)

infinitive	fé, fèr
auxiliary verb	—		gerund		—
past participle	fat, fac, fata, fates
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	feje	fejes	fej	fajon	fajeis	fej
imperfect	fajove	fajoves	fajova	fajovan	fajovais	fajova
future	fajaré	fajaras	fajarà	fajaron	fajareis	fajarà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	feje	fejes	feje	fajon	fajeis	feje
imperfect	fajesse	fajesses	fajessa	fajessan	fajessais	fajessa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
	—	fà	—	—	fajede	—

Norman

Alternative forms

• faer (Guernsey)
• fer (Sark)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

fé m (uncountable)

1. (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)

1. cattle; livestock, (especially sheep)
2. property, money

Declension

Declension of fé (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fé	féit	fé	féin
accusative	fé	féit	fé	féin
dative	fé	fénu	féum, fjám, fjóm	fjánum, fjónum
genitive	féar, fjár	féarins, fjárins	féa, fjá	féanna, fjánna

The gen. sg./pl. & dat. pl. forms come from the West Norse change -éa- > -já-. Compare sjá, whereas East N. séa.

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 Internet Archive

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe/

Verb

fé

1. to do
2. 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^(key): /ˈfɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: fé

Noun

fé f (plural fés)

1. faith
2. 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)

1. Obsolete spelling of fe.

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French faire, from Latin facere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe/

Verb

fé

1. to do
2. to make

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb fé in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe fé e walon

infinitive			fai', faire
gerund			fijhant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fwait		fwaite
		plural		fwaits		fwaites
		singular			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)
	present	fwai	fwais	fwait	fijhans	fijhoz	foaiynut
	imperfect	fijheu	fijheus	fijheut	fijhéns	fijhîz	fijhént
	preterit	fijha	fijhas	fijha	fijhéns	fijhîz	fijhént
	future	frè	frès	frè	frans	froz	front
	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)
	present	fwaixhe	fwaixhes	fwaixhe	fijhanxhe	fijhoxhe	foaixhnuxhe or foaxhèxhe
	present	fijhaxhe	fijhaxhes	fijhaxhe	fijheinxhe	fijhiexhe	fijheinxhe
imperative		—	ti	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		fwai		fijhans	fijhoz