fae
Americanplural noun
noun
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faes
plural
preposition
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?”
Synonym Usage
See fairy.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fae
First recorded in 1350–1400; see origin at fay 1 ( def. ); see also fairy ( def. )
Example Sentences
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This changed when “Heated Rivalry” actors Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams broke the formula, starring as two rival fae princes in “Ember & Ice,” Quinn’s most popular series to date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
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 ● Dec. 16, 2025
In exchange for their lives, the fae are expected to refrain from flying or aspiring to be on equal social footing with humans.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2019
Photo by Jan Thijs / Amazon Prime Studios The racial narrative weaves throughout the show as Philo investigates a series of murders of fae that his superiors would rather just ignore.
From The Verge ● Aug. 15, 2019
A trickle of brass melodies greeted her from a nearby speakeasy as Conjurors played music for a joyous crowd, and her nose filled with the glorious scent of fae sweets.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
O, Kenmure's lads are men; Their hearts and swords are metal true, And that their faes shall ken.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes She's swingein thro' the city!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
I lo’e weel my Charlie’s name, Tho’ some there be abhor him: But O, to see auld Nick gaun hame, And Charlie’s faes before him!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
O Kenmure’s lads are men; Their hearts and swords are metal true— And that their faes shall ken.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
Na, na, sir; in troubled times, as I understand," said Mrs. Maclure, "there's sudden changes,—Montgomery and Ferguson and mony ane mair that were King James's greatest faes are on his side now.
From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Sir Walter Scott
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