fairy

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fairy [fairy fairies] BrE [ˈfeəri] NAmE [ˈferi] noun (pl. fairies)
1. (in stories) a creature like a small person, who has magic powers
•a good/wicked fairy
see also ↑tooth fairy
2. (slang, disapproving)an offensive word for a ↑homosexual man

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting fairyland, or fairies collectively): from Old French faerie, from fae, ‘a fairy’, from Latin fata ‘the Fates’, plural of fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  faery, faerie, fay, sprite