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In certain fairy tales, a fictional benevolent woman with magical powers who uses them to help the cause of the protagonist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I thought it was clever the director cast the same woman to play both the Wicked Witch and Prince Charming's fairy godmother.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any generous benefactor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
a generous benefactor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: benefactor, helper
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
fada protectora
— benevolent magical female
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Czech:
dobrá víla
— benevolent magical female
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Dutch:
goede fee
— benevolent magical female
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Esperanto:
feina baptopatrino
— benevolent magical female
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Estonian:
haldjast ristiema
— benevolent magical female
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Finnish:
hyvä haltiatar
— benevolent magical female
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French:
fée marraine
— benevolent magical female
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French:
bonne fée
— benevolent magical female
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German:
gute Fee
— benevolent magical female
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Hungarian:
jó tündér
— benevolent magical female
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Italian:
fata madrina
— benevolent magical female
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Japanese:
フェアリー・ゴッドマザー
(fearī goddomazā)
— benevolent magical female
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Kyrgyz:
фея
(feya)
— benevolent magical female
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Polish:
dobra wróżka
— benevolent magical female
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Portuguese:
fada-madrinha
— benevolent magical female
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Russian:
до́брая фе́я
(dóbraja féja)
— benevolent magical female
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Russian:
фе́я-крёстная
(féja-krjóstnaja)
— benevolent magical female
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Spanish:
hada madrina
— benevolent magical female
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Swedish:
god fe
— benevolent magical female
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Vietnamese:
tiên đỡ đầu
— benevolent magical female
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Chinese Mandarin:
恩人
(ēnrén)
— generous benefactor
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Chinese Mandarin:
救星
(jiùxīng)
— generous benefactor
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Dutch:
weldoenster
— generous benefactor
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Finnish:
hyvä haltiatar
— generous benefactor
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French:
donateur
— generous benefactor
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German:
Wohltäter
— generous benefactor
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Hungarian:
jótevő
— generous benefactor
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Italian:
madrina
— generous benefactor
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Italian:
benefattore
— generous benefactor
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Italian:
benefattrice
— generous benefactor
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Japanese:
恩人
(onjin)
— generous benefactor
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Portuguese:
benfeitor
— generous benefactor
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Portuguese:
filantropo
— generous benefactor
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Russian:
покрови́тельница
(pokrovítelʹnica)
— generous benefactor
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Spanish:
benefactor
— generous benefactor
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Swedish:
välgörare
— generous benefactor
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Vietnamese:
ân nhân
— generous benefactor
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Vietnamese:
cứu tinh
— generous benefactor
