[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fay.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / fay

[← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/F/)

# fay

«fay» in Mova's school dictionary: **A fairy: a small magical being in old stories and poems** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a fay, fays — old or poetic); a name (Fay, Faye)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old, poetic) A fairy: a small magical being in old stories and poems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#m1)

2) (a name) Fay or Faye is a woman's first name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#m2)

3) (Morgan le Fay) The name of a magical woman, an enchantress, in the stories of King Arthur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In fairy tales, old poems and fantasy books, a fay is a fairy; it gives the writing an old-fashioned, magical feel. In King Arthur stories, Morgan le Fay is Arthur's half-sister and a sorceress. Otherwise it is mostly met as a name. Phrases: «Morgan le Fay», «the fays of the forest».

### examples

- In the old poem, a fay danced in the moonlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#x1)
- Morgan le Fay was a powerful enchantress in the Arthur stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#x2)
- My aunt's name is Fay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#x3)
- The children pretended to be fays in the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#x4)
- The story told of a fay who granted three wishes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#x5)
- Faye is spelled with an «e» in some families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/#x6)

### note

Old-fashioned word; in everyday English people say «fairy». As a name it takes a capital: Fay or Faye. Pronounced like «day» with an «f». Not to be confused with «fey», which means strange and dreamy.

### In the corpora

- [kāfēisè («KAH-fay-suh», coffee colour) is brown; zōngsè is another word for brown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/8-colours/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fay» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fay/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.