Množina: fairies
ETYM Old Eng. fairie, faierie, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, Old Fren. faerie enchantment, French féer, from Late Lat. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. Related to Fate, Fay a fairy.
(Homonym: ferry).
Small, human in form, playful, having magical powers; SYN. faery, faerie, sprite.
fairway · fair-weather friend · fairy · fairyland · fairylike quality · fairytale
Nom que l'on donne, dans les contes, dans les romans, etc., à un être (d'habitude féminin) qui possède une puissance surnaturelle, qui a le don de connaître l'avenir et d'opérer des prodiges.
Množina: fairylands
The enchanted realm of fairies; SYN. faerie, faery.
faerie · faery · fantasy world · phantasy world
fairway · fair-weather friend · fairy · fairyland · fairylike quality · fairytale
Množina: fairylike qualities
fair-weather friend · fairy · fairyland · fairylike quality · fairytale · fait accompli
1. L'art des fées.
2. La magie.
attraction · beauté · divertissement · exhibition · fantasmagorie · fantastique · illusion · magie · merveille · merveilleux · numéro · pièce · représentation · revue · scène · show · sorcellerie · spectacle · splendeur · surnaturel · séance · tableau
Množina: fairytales
Magical story, usually a folk tale in origin. Typically in European fairy tales, a poor, brave, and resourceful hero or heroine goes through testing adventures to eventual good fortune.
The Germanic tales collected by the Grimm brothers have been retold in many variants. Charles Perraults retellings include Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty. The form may also be adapted for more individual moral and literary purposes, as was done by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.
1. A story about fairies; told to amuse children; SYN. fairy story.
2. An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse; SYN. fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance.
fairy tale, fairy-tale
cock-and-bull story · fairy story · fairy tale · song and dance
fairy · fairyland · fairylike quality · fairytale · fait accompli · faith · faithful