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Plural of fairy

regular plural

The plural of fairy is fairies.

Forms of fairy

Singularfairy /ˈfɛəɹi/
Pluralfairies /ˈfɛəɹiz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Fairies in a sentence

  • After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.From the entry trip
  • Rosie likes the television program about fairies.From the entry television program
  • There weren't demons or vampires or fairies or shellycoats or Querquetulanae or any of that stuff.2018, W. Stone Cotter, Saint Philomene's Infirmary for Magical Creatures. From the entry Querquetulanae
  • For example, fairies plait your horse's mane, or perhaps they pixy-lead you in the forest.2016 November, Fortean Times, page 23, column 2. From the entry pixy-lead
  • This probably includes: talking donkeys, gods, flying dragons, garden fairies, vampires, sparklepires, ghosts, and Harry Potter.2012 April 2, Kermit [username], “Re: I am now a Creationist”, in talk.origins (Usenet). From the entry sparklepire

Meaning of fairy

  1. noun A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although typically depicted as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.
  2. noun A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
  3. noun An effeminate man or boy.

Full definition of fairy

Questions about the plural of fairy

What is the plural of fairy?
The plural of fairy is fairies.
Is fairy countable?
Fairy is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fairy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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