fairy

fair·y  (fâr)

n. pl. fair·ies

1. A tiny imaginary being in human form, depicted as clever, mischievous, and possessing magical powers.

2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

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[Middle English fairie, fairyland, enchanted being, from Old French faerie, from fae, fairy, from Vulgar Latin Fta, goddess of fate, from Latin ftum, fate; see fate.]

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fairy

Noun

pl fairies

1. an imaginary supernatural being with magical powers

2. Offensive slang a male homosexual [Old French faerie fairyland, from feie fairy]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fairy - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers faerie, faery, fay, sprite spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy, hob, brownie - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous fairy godmother - a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine gnome, dwarf - a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure Morgan le Fay - (Arthurian legend) a wicked enchantress who was the half sister and enemy of King Arthur Puck, Robin Goodfellow - a mischievous sprite of English folklore Oberson - (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore Titania - (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore tooth fairy - a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out water spirit, water sprite, water nymph - a fairy that inhabits water
	2.	fairy - offensive term for an openly homosexual man fag, faggot, fagot, nance, poof, poove, pouf, queer, pansy, queen derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man

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fairy

noun sprite, elf, brownie, hob, pixie, puck, imp, leprechaun, peri, Robin Goodfellow

Translations

fairy [ˈfɛərɪ] n → hada

fairy [ˈfɛərɪ] n → fée f

fairy [ˈfɛərɪ] n → Fee f

fairy [ˈfɛərɪ] n → fata

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fairy

n fairy [ˈfeəri]

an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers Children often believe in fairies; (also adjective ) fairy-land.feetjie, towerfeetjieجِنِّي، جِنِّيَّـهфеяpohádková bytost (víla, skřítek apod.)fe; alf; eventyr-die Feeνεράιδαhadahaldjasپریkeijukainenfée; (de) féeפֵיָהअप्सरा, अप्सरा जैसीvila; vilin, vilinskitündérperiálfur, huldukona/-maðurfata; di fate妖精요정fėja; pasakų, stebuklųfeja; pasaku-pari-parifeefe, alvduszek, wróżkafadaфеяrozprávková bytosť; rozprávkovývila; čudeženvilafe, älvaนางฟ้าperi仙女фея, чарівницяپریthần tiên仙女

n ˈfairy-story

1 an old, or children's, story of fairies, magic etc a book of fairy-stories.feëverhaal, sprokieقَصَّه خياليَّه خرافيَّهприказкаpohádkaeventyrdas Märchenπαραμύθιcuento de hadasmuinasjuttداستان جن و پریsatuconte de féesסִיפּוּר מַעֲשִׂיוֹתपरी की कहानीbajkatündérmesedongengævintÿri; álfasagafiabaおとぎ話동화pasakapasakadongengsprookjeeventyrbajkahistória de fadas/conto...?(волшебная) сказкаrozprávkapravljicabajkasagaเทพนิยายperi masalı童話казкаپریوں کی کہانیtiên; nàng tiên童话

2 an untrue statement; a lie I don't want to hear any fairy-stories!liegstorie, versinselكِذبَه، أقوال كاذِبَهизмишльотинаpohádkahistoriedas Märchenπαραμύθι, ψέμαcuento, patrañaluiskeluguدروغ شاخدارsatuhistoire invraisemblable; mensongeבְּדוּתָהअसत्य कथन, असत्य कहानियांlaž, bajka„mese”kebohonganskröksaga, lygifandonia, frottola作り話거짓말pasakapasakacerita bohongsprookjeskrøne, løgnbajka, bujdahistória da carochinha/patranhapoveste neverosi­milă; minciunăнебылицаrozprávkaizmišljotinalažlögnเรื่องโกหกyalan, masal謊言вигадкаغلط بیانیchuyện bịa đặt谎言

n ˈfairy-tale

a fairy-story to tell fairy-tales; (also adjective ) the fairy-tale appearance of the countryside.feëverhaal, sprokieقِصَّة جِن خُرافِيَّهвълшебенpohádka; pohádkovýeventyr; eventyr-das Märchen, märchenhaftπαραμύθι, παραμυθένιοςcuento de hadasmuinasjuttداستان جن و پری؛ دروغ شاخدارsatuconte de féesסִיפּוּר מַעֲשִׂיוֹתपरियों की कहानीbajka; bajkovittündérmesedongengálfasaga; ævintÿrifiabaおとぎ話pasaka; pasakiškaspasaka; pasakas-cerita dongengsprookje; sprookjesachtigeventyr; eventyraktigbajkaconto de fadasbasm (cu zâne)(волшебная) сказкаrozprávka; rozprávkovýpravljicabajkovitเทพนิยายperi masalı神話故事казкаپریوں کی کہانیtruyện thần kỳ神话故事