fae

American  

[fey] / feɪ /

plural noun

1. a plural of fairy.

   the lands of the fae.

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noun

plural

faes

1. Also called faerie.  (in modern fantasy fiction) fairy.

   A werewolf would never strike out at a fae, unless the pack were attacked.

fae British  

/ feɪ /

preposition

1. a Scot word for from

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Usage

What does fae mean? Fae is a Scottish preposition that means "from."English is spoken differently in different places, and the Scottish dialect (called Scots) comes with some of its own words.Example: Mary asked James, “Whaur are ye fae?” meaning “Where are you from?”

Related Words

See fairy.

Etymology

Origin of fae

First recorded in 1350–1400; fay ¹ ( def. ); fairy ( def. )

Example Sentences

Los Angeles FC marksman Denis Bouanga then fired in Gabon's second, leaving Emerse Fae's team up against it.

From Barron's

Zardoya’s yearning for a love lost crescendoes, and is most devastating, in the piano ballad “Back to You”; but it seems as though even her darkest, most melancholic moments are touched by the fae.

From Los Angeles Times

There is something of the fae folk about Mae Martin, at least onscreen — the big blue eyes, the short blond fluff of hair, the nonbinary grace.

From Los Angeles Times

One of its activists, Jane Fae, told the BBC the judgement felt like a physical body blow, and that it was as if trans people were being excluded from society.

From BBC

These are said to indicate the realm of the Fae, and an area that shouldn’t be disturbed.

From National Geographic