English Explanatory Dictionary

fae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Alternative spelling of fey (“magical, fairylike”).
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of fey (“fairy folk”).
pron
  1. A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
noun
  1. Initialism of fuel-air explosive (“thermobaric weapon”).
  2. Initialism of fuel-air explosion.
  3. Initialism of field applications engineer.
  4. Initialism of fundamental attribution error.
  5. Initialism of fetal alcohol effects.

Word forms

fae more fae most fae faes third-person-singular nominative faer faers faerself

Etymology

From Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. The use of the pronoun appears c. 2013.

Related words

faerie

Derived words

faefolk faeling genderfae
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