fairy

Etymology
From, , from , from + , from. Equivalent to.

Attested in English from about 1300, first in the sense of "enchantment, illusion, dream" ("that thou herdest is fairye") and shortly thereafter "realm of the fays, fairy-land" and "the inhabitants of fairyland, collectively". The re-interpretation of the term as a countable noun denoting individual inhabitants of fairy-land can be traced to the 1390s, but became common only in the 16th century, perhaps due to reinterpreting phrases like faerie knight.

Noun

 * 1)  The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
 * 2) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.
 * 3) An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
 * 4)  An attractive young woman.
 * 5)  A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
 * 6) A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus.
 * 7) A legendary Chinese immortal.
 * 1)  A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
 * 2) A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus.
 * 3) A legendary Chinese immortal.
 * 1) A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus.
 * 2) A legendary Chinese immortal.
 * 1) A legendary Chinese immortal.

Synonyms

 * ,, , ; see also 
 * , faggot, poof , queen

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: جِنِّيَّة, سَاحِرَة
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: dzãnã
 * Asturian: fada
 * Azerbaijani: pəri
 * Belarusian: фе́я, чараўні́ца
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, , , наре́чница, , самови́ла
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: spyrys, fay
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fe,
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: шенгава
 * Esperanto: feino, feo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ; , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: fada, moura, ouva
 * Georgian: ფერია
 * German:, , Feenwesen, Naturgeister, , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: bean sí, sióg, síogaí, na daoine maithe
 * Middle Irish: áes side
 * Old Irish: áes síde, síde, ben síde, síd
 * Italian:, foletto, foletta, , folletta
 * Japanese:, , フェアリー
 * Kazakh: пері
 * Khmer:, , ទេពកញ្ញា
 * Korean: 페어리, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ນາງຟ້າ, ອັບປະສອນ, ສຸຣາງ, ເທບທິດາ
 * Latin:, , alfa, alfus, , fada
 * Latvian: feja
 * Lithuanian: fėja
 * Macedonian: само́вила, ви́ла, фе́ја, волше́бничка, сти́ја, ју́да
 * Malay: pari-pari, pepari
 * Maltese: saħħara, feri
 * Manx: shee, sheeaghan, ferrish, mooinjer veggey
 * Maori: heketoro, tūrehu, karitehe, kōrakorako, patupaiarehe, tahurangi
 * Marathi:
 * Middle English: elf
 * Middle High German: alp
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠭᠢᠨᠢ
 * Norman: fée
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: ielf
 * Old Saxon: alf
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, wiła
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sìthiche, bean-shìdh, sluagh sìdhe,  sìth
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ви́ла, вилѐња̄к
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: víla
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kichimbakazi
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Tajik:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:, irşi,
 * Turkmen: peri
 * Ukrainian: фе́я, чарівни́ця
 * Urdu: پری
 * Uyghur: پەرى
 * Uzbek:, sohira
 * Venetian: fada
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:,  hifey,  jifey
 * Welsh: tylwyth teg
 * Yiddish: פֿעע


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: invertito
 * Finnish:, naismainen mies
 * French: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: пе́дер, педера́ст
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: teploš
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: פֿייגעלע

Adjective

 * 1) Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.
 * 2) * ….—a large cashmere shawl, with its border of roses, thrown carelessly on a chair—a crimson cushion, where lay sleeping a Blenheim dog, almost small enough to have passed through the royal ring in that most fairy tale of the White Cat:—all bespoke a lady's room.

Etymology
From genericized trademark Fairy.

Noun

 * 1)  washing-up liquid, dish soap