fé

See also: fè, fê, fe, Fe, FE, f.e., F&E, and Appendix:Variations of "fe"

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, no plural)

  1. livestock; cattle, chiefly sheep
  2. assets
  3. money
  4. fehu; the first letter of the runic futhark alphabet

Declension
declension of fé
fé singular
indefinite definite
nominative fé féð
accusative fé féð
dative fé fénu
genitive fjár fjárins

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”)
  • faoi (standard and Connacht form)

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -e

Verb

fé

  1. (archaic) third-person singular past historic of fare

Synonyms

Ladin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

fé m (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey, France) iron

Derived terms

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 a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fé féit fé féin
accusative fé féit fé féin
dative fé fénu fjám fjánum
genitive fjár fjárins fjá fjánna
highly irregular in the genitive singular form

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)”)

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  • fé in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fe, from Latin fidēs, fidem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ/
  • Hyphenation: fé
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

fé f (plural fés)

  1. faith

Spanish

Noun

fé

  1. Misspelling of fe.

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French faire, fere, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō, from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Verb

fé

  1. to do
  2. to make

Conjugation
   —         —   Conjugation of the verb fé in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe fé e walon
infinitive fé
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') tu (t') i (il) / ele dji (dj') / nos vos i (il)
present fwai fwais fwait fijhans fijhoz fwaiynut
imperfect fijheu fijheus fijheut fijhins fijhîz fijhint
preterit fijha fijhas fijha fijhîs fijhîz fijhît
future frè frès frè frans froz front
conditional freu freus freut frins frîz frint
subjunctive ki dj' ki t' k' i (il) / k' ele ki dj' / ki nos ki vos k' i (il)
present fwaiye fwaiyes fwaiye fijhanxhe fijhoxhe fwaiynuxhe or fijhèxhe
present fijhaxhe fijhaxhes fijhaxhe fijhinxhe fijhîxhe fijhinxhe
imperative — tu — dji / nos vos —
affirmative fwai fijhans fijhoz
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