Definitions for FAY
feɪfay

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fairy, faery, faerie, fay, spritenoun

   a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faynoun

   An Anglo-Irish surname, Anglicized from de Fae a Norman family that settled in Ireland.

2. Faynoun

   An Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Fiaich and Ó Fathaigh.

3. Faynoun

   A female given name, pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faynoun

   Etymology: feé, French.

   1. A fairy; an elf.

   And the yellow-skirted fays
   Fly after the night-steeds, leaving their moon-lov’d maze. John Milton.

   Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear;
   Fays, fairies, genii, elves and demons hear! Alexander Pope.

   2. [from foi, French.]Faith. Wholly obsolete.

   They plainly to speak of shepherds most what,
   Bad is the best, this English is flat;
   Their ill ’haviour garres men missay,
   Both of their doctrine and their fay. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fay

   Fayetteville Regional Airport (IATA: FAY, ICAO: KFAY, FAA LID: FAY), also known as Grannis Field, is a public use airport in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the city of Fayetteville and located three nautical miles (6 km) south of its central business district.The airport has two runways and is served by a two-concourse terminal for commercial aviation and one separate terminal for general aviation traffic. The commercial terminal building was designed by Fayetteville architect Mason S. Hicks, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 202,597 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 231,002 enplanements in 2009, and 258,986 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

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1. fay

   Fay is an old English term originating from the Middle Ages often used in literature or fairy tales, which means fairy or a supernatural creature with human form. It can also be a given name used for both males and females.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faynoun

   a fairy; an elf

2. Faynoun

   faith; as, by my fay

3. Fayverb

   to fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together

4. Fayverb

   to lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together

5. Etymology: [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.]

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1. Fay

   Fay is an American sitcom starring Lee Grant as the title character. The series aired on NBC from September 1975 to June 1976.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fay

   fā, n. a fairy. [O. Fr. fee—L. fata, a fairy—L. fatum, fate.]

2. Fay

   fā, n. (Shak.) faith.

3. Fay

   fā, v.i. to fit, unite closely.—v.t. to fit together closely. [A.S. fégan; Ger. fügen.]

4. Fay

   Fey, fā, v.t. (prov.) to clean out, as a ditch.

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1. FAY

   What does FAY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FAY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FAY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fay is ranked #2440 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Fay surname appeared 14,849 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Fay.
   
   92.6% or 13,753 total occurrences were White.
   2.8% or 422 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 252 total occurrences were Black.
   1.4% or 208 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 148 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 65 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Supernatural Being

Anagrams for FAY »

1. FYA

How to pronounce FAY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FAY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FAY in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FAY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of FAY in a Sentence

1. Made:

   Ricky Let's drop it. Let's ecks-nay on the becks-nay. Ig-pay atlin-lay. Bobby Will you ut-shay your outh-may Ricky Ayn-saying-ay Bobby I don't know, you're doing it wrong, I don't understand what the hell you're saying. Ricky Onch-pay oo-bay ... ay-bay ay-way Bobby Ut-shay your ace-fay, asshole-ay. Ricky Did you hear that Did you hear what he said Whadaya think of that

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FAY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fay
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FAY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FAY
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=FAY
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=FAY
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html