different between faw vs fae

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Onomatopoetic.

Interjection

faw

1. Alternative form of faugh

Synonyms

• (disgust): bleah, eww, ick, pooh, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck
• (contempt): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah

Etymology 2

Phonetic rendering of for.

Preposition

faw

1. Pronunciation spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.
   • 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days, Gutenberg eBook #10234,

     “ […] Now, Colossus, what air you a-beckonin? at me faw?”

Etymology 3

From the surname Faa.

Noun

faw (plural faws)

1. A gypsy.

Anagrams

• FWA, WAF

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English fawe, fa?e, from Old English f?g, f?h (“coloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining; variegated”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured; motley”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“to paint; mark; colour”).

Adjective

faw (comparative mair faw, superlative maist faw)

1. Of various colours; variegated

English

Adjective

fae (comparative more fae, superlative most fae)

1. Alternative spelling of fey (“magical, fairylike”)

Noun

fae pl (plural only)

1. Alternative spelling of fey (“fairy folk”)

See also

• faerie

Anagrams

• A. E. F., A.E.F., AEF, EAF, EFA, FEA

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wai

Interjection

fae

1. woe !

References

Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Etymology

Lowland Scots variant of frae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?/

Preposition

fae

1. (Lowlands Scots) from

Further reading

• “fae” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Welsh

Noun

fae

1. Soft mutation of bae.

Mutation