fei

See also: FEI, Fei, féi, fèi, fēi, fěi, fe'i, and fei-

Bavarian

Etymology

From French fin, from Latin fīnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fai̯/
• Rhymes: -ai̯

Particle

fei

1. (modal particle) Emphasises or draws attention to a statement, often implying that the speaker considers the information noteworthy; really, actually, mind you, you know

   Des is fei wichtig. ― That's really important, mind you.

   Du muaßt fei aufpassn. ― You really need to be careful.

   Er håd des fei ganz alloa gmåcht. ― He did that entirely on his own, mind you.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Verb

fei

1. singular imperative of feien
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of feien

Italian

Verb

fei

1. (poetic) obsolete form of feci, first-person singular past historic of fare

Anagrams

• fie, ife

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 絲 (MC si).

Noun

fei

1. silk

Mandarin

Romanization

fei

1. nonstandard spelling of fēi
2. nonstandard spelling of féi
3. nonstandard spelling of fěi
4. nonstandard spelling of fèi

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French fei

Noun

fei

1. faith

Etymology 2

Adjective

fei

1. alternative form of faie

Noun

fei

1. alternative form of faie

Etymology 3

Adjective

fei

1. alternative form of feye (“doomed”)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French foi, from Latin fides.

Noun

fei f (plural feis)

1. faith

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fei

1. imperative of feie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

fei m

1. a swoop, speed; Used in the expression i ein fei.

Etymology 2

Noun

fei n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of fe

Old French

Noun

fei oblique singular, f (oblique plural feis, nominative singular fei, nominative plural feis)

1. (early Old French or Anglo-Norman) alternative form of foi