фея

Russian

noun+

Definitions

fairy
(figuratively) enchantress a good-hearted, charming woman

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fee borrowed from French fée (fairy, fay) derived from Latin Fāta.

Origin

Latin

Fāta

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Fāta Latin
fāta Latin
fātum Latin
Fee German
Zahnfee German
feengleich German
fata Italian
effet French
fée French
féerie French
hada Spanish, Castilian
fe Norwegian Bokmål
fe Norwegian Nynorsk
fe Danish
fae Old French
feo Esperanto
phê Vietnamese
fei(n)e Middle High German