fei

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

German

Pronunciation

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• 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 Middle French feie.

Adjective

fei

1. Alternative form of faie

Noun

fei

1. Alternative form of faie

Etymology 2

From Old English fǣġe.

Adjective

fei

1. Alternative form of fey (“marked for death”)

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