fairy
560
2.7
- noun
- /ˈfɛri/
- Literature
- He has been having a fairy-tale year.
- fairy tale
- a fairy story
- fairy godmother
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeThe blue Fairy, like one of the fairies or a fairy.
- The blue Fairy, like one of the fairies or a fairy.
- In the Bru of evil, the fairies, foul and foul is fur.
- This is Emily Wilde's the word I can't say of Fairies Encyclopedia.
- OK let's go live in fairy land together.
- And my dad didn't want me to go to art school with the fairies, bless him.
- Everything about it seems very fairy tale esque, very fantasy.
- You would have thought it was this fairy tale trip.
Examples
-
And I confronted him, and he tried to deny it, but it was definitely our Christmas tree, 'cause I recognized the fairy lights.
-
Stay away from the fairy dust, Jerry.
-
And we're going to have fairy lights all the way up the drive.
Fiction book (1990) -
OK let's go live in fairy land together.
-
You deserve your fairy-tale ending.
-
And this one is the lush sugar plum Fairy one just like that.
-
We can hear the fairies in the forest and the arrival of King Oberon and Queen Titania.
Academic text (2015) -
In an enormous forest, with real fairies as bridesmaids each holding a little elf's hand.
Fiction book (1993) -
Ilya excelled at making up fairy tales on the spur of the moment.
Fiction book (1993) -
The children were excited when they spotted a little fairy fluttering among the flowers in the garden.
Synonyms
207
6.1
A small magical creature with pointed ears that often plays tricks
17
8.4
A small magical creature with pointed ears that plays tricks
9
9.9
A magical being like a fairy in stories and legends
7
9.2
A small, playful magical creature that looks like a person
6
5.9
An imaginary being like a dragon or unicorn with magical powers
5
9.9
A small magical creature that looks like a tiny person with wings and often plays tricks
3
9.9
A small magical creature that looks like a person and often plays tricks
3
6.5
A made-up creature from old stories or folk tales
2
9.9
A small humanlike being in stories who can use magic and often plays tricks
Idioms
Compounds
- Baby Talk
58
3.8
An imaginary person who takes a child's lost baby tooth and leaves money under the pillow
- Specialized
1
8.3
A ring of mushrooms that grow where the fungus spreads under the ground
1
8.4
A small fresh water animal with a clear body and many legs that swims on its back
- UK
1
9.9
A tall plant with clusters of large pink-purple tube-like flowers and leaves poisonous to farm animals
- Literature
1
9.9
A small magical being like a tiny person that lives on prairies and cares for plants
1
9.9
A very small armadillo from Argentina with pale silky hair and pink plates on its head and neck
- Specialized
1
9.9
A small plant that comes back every year with two opposite leaves and a stem of white flowers
- NSFW
A playful name for a man who performs in a magical and showy way to entertain people
- Specialized
A rare small orchid with one white or pink flower on a red stalk above one leaf
A plant from northern California with groups of bright yellow egg-shaped flowers
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fairy comes from the old French faerie, which meant 'magic' or 'enchantment', and is linked to the Latin fata, meaning 'fate'. So a fairy was thought to live in a magical world, which explains why today it means a small, magical being.