different between faire vs fairy

English

Adjective

faire

1. Obsolete spelling of fair

Noun

faire (plural faires)

1. Obsolete spelling of fair

Usage notes

Sometimes used deliberately to convey an archaic feeling, e.g. "Renaissance faire"

Anagrams

• Arfie, Feria, Freia, afire, feria, rafie

French

Etymology

From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, feire, fere, from Vulgar Latin *fare, elided form of Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?, from Proto-Italic *faki?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”). The past historic and imperfect subjunctive stem fi- (fis, fis, fit, ...) originate from Latin irregular perfect stem f?c- (f?c?), from faci?, with Romance metaphony rules.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• Homophones: fer, fers

Verb

faire

1. (transitive) to do

2. (transitive) to make

3. (transitive) to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)

4. (transitive) to make (cause someone or something to do something)

5. (impersonal) To be (of the weather or various situations).

6. (reflexive) to do, to make (oneself)

7. (reflexive, followed by an infinitive) to be, to get (used for a passive action)

8. (reflexive) to ripen (of fruit), to mature
9. (reflexive, ~ à) to become used to, to get used to
10. (slang, reflexive, transitive) to do (to have sex with)
11. (reflexive) to become, to get

Usage notes

• When it is followed by an infinitive, the past participle fait is invariable.

  Elle s'est fait comprendre, not *elle s'est faite comprendre.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Pages starting with “faire”.

Pages starting with “se_faire”.

Related terms

Further reading

• “faire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ferai, féria, fiera, fraie

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

faire

1. inflection of fair:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?a???/

Noun

faire f (genitive singular faire, nominative plural fairí)

1. verbal noun of fair
2. watch (act of guarding)
3. wake (period after death)

   Synonym: tórramh

Declension

Derived terms

• túr faire (“watch-tower”)

Verb

faire

1. present subjunctive analytic of fair

Mutation

Further reading

• "faire" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “faire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “faire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fair

Adjective

faire

1. fair; handsome; beautiful; attractive

Descendants

• English: fair

Middle French

Alternative forms

• fayre
• feire
• fere

Etymology

From Old French faire, feire, fere, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do
2. to make
3. to choose; to elect

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: faire

Norman

Alternative forms

• faithe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French faire, from Latin faci?, facere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”).

Verb

faire

1. (Guernsey) to make, do

Derived terms

• faire câod (“to be warm (out)”)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• far
• fer
• har (Gascon)
• hèser (Gascony)

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do
2. to make

Conjugation

Old French

Alternative forms

• fere
• feire

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: faire

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

faire f (genitive singular faire, plural fairean)

1. watch (the act or period of watching or guarding)

Derived terms

• facal-faire
• faireil
• taigh-faire

English

Alternative forms

• faery
• faerie
• færie (archaic, nonstandard)
• fairie

Etymology

From Middle English fairye, fairie, from Old French faerie, from fae + -erie, from Vulgar Latin *F?ta (“goddess of fate”), from Latin f?tum (“fate”). Equivalent to Fate +? -ery.

English from ca. 1300, first in the sense of "enchantment, illusion, dream" and later "realm of the fays, fairy-land" or "the inhabitants of fairyland as a collective".The re-interpretation of the term as a countable noun denoting individual inhabitants of fairy-land can be traced to the 1390s, but becomes common only in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f????i/
• (General American) enPR: fâr??
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?f????i/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?f??i/
• Rhymes: -???i
• Homophone: ferry (in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)

Noun

fairy (countable and uncountable, plural fairies)

1. (uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
2. A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.
3. An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
4. (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
   • 1933, Nathanael West, 'Miss Lonelyhearts' [Miss Lonelyhearts is male.]

     The cripple returned the smile and stuck out his hand. Miss Lonelyhearts clasped it, and they stood this way, smiling and holding hands, until Mrs. Doyle reëntered the room.
     "What a sweet pair of fairies you guys are," she said.
     The cripple pulled his hand away and made as though to strike his wife.

5. A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.

Synonyms

• (supernatural creature): fay, fey, fae, sprite; see also goblin (hostile)
• (male homosexual): fag (US), faggot (US), poof (UK), queen

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

fairy

1. Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.