fay

Other forms of fay

plural

fays·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fay

What does fay mean?

fay means "a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers".

How many syllables are in fay?

fay has 1 syllable: fay. In IPA it is /ˈfeɪ/.

What is another word for fay?

Close synonyms include fairy, faery, faerie, sprite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fay a common word?

fay is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fay?

4 words rhyme with fay. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.