FAEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

fae (comparative more fae, superlative most fae)

1. Alternative spelling of fey (“magical, fairylike”).

名詞

fae (countable and uncountable, plural fae or faes)

1. Alternative spelling of fey (“fairy folk”).
   • 2024, Ana Bidault, Hannah Konetzki, Paule Ledesma, Vera Ma, Eeva Nikunen, Jenna Stark, “Color Happily Ever After”, in Romantasy: A Coloring Book, [Garden City, N.Y.]: Dover Publications, →ISBN, back cover:

     The perfect companion to your favorite book series, this coloring book filled with fire-breathing dragons, dagger-wielding warriors, and fierce and lovely fae will make all your romantasies come true.

代名詞

fae (oblique and possessive adjective faer, possessive pronoun faers, reflexive faerself)

1. (rare, nonstandard, neologism) A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
   • 2016 September 22, Kim Zarzour, “Language Matters”, in Parkdale Villager, Parkdale, Toronto, ON, page 15:

     Vandikas' parents, for example, haven't yet fully embraced the concept. Faer mother once asked faer to help her understand how fae would like her to talk about faer. Fae was encouraged, but faer mother's use of the pronouns didn't last – maybe, fae said, because it was such a foreign concept to the older generation, "so I just said to myself, she's my mom, I'll deal with it."

   • 2022, Novae Caelum, The Truthspoken Heir: The Stars and Green Magics - Season One‎, unnumbered page:

     Fae had decked faerself in a modest amount of cheap jewelry, faer makeup inexpertly applied.

   • 2022, Sherry Paris, You Can Make a Difference!: A Creative Workbook and Journal for Young Activists‎, page 24:

     Soul describes and shares part of the "I AM" poem which fae wrote for faer college application.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fae.

派生語

参考

• faerie

アナグラム

• AFE, EAF, AEF, A.E.F., FEA, EFA, A. E. F.

参照

• “fay”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “fay”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “fay”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.