English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “fairy”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for fairy is fairy, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
fairy
1 segments0 break points
British English pattern result fairy The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordfairy
Hyphenationfairy
Break points0
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˈfɛːri
Meaning & usage

What does “fairy” mean?

fairy: a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one.

Headwordfairy
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˈfɛːri
1
noun

a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one.

Example: “she believed she had had fairies at the bottom of her garden”

2
noun

a Central and South American hummingbird with a green back and long tail.

3
noun

a gay man.

Word breaks

How “fairy” is split

fairy

For US English, the hyphenation result is fairy. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “fairy”

How do you hyphenate “fairy”?

In the US-English result used here, fairy is hyphenated as fairy.

Where can “fairy” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “fairy” mean?

a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one.

Can you use “fairy” in a sentence?

“she believed she had had fairies at the bottom of her garden”

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