Meanings
tooth fairy1
nountooth fairy (plural tooth fairies)
plural tooth fairies · alternative Tooth Fairy
- A figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money (or sometimes a present) in exchange for a milk tooth when it falls out of a child's mouth.
Anna was concerned that telling her child about the tooth fairy, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny would cause him to believe his mother was a liar later in life.
Tooth Fairy2
nounTooth Fairy (plural Tooth Fairies)
plural Tooth Fairies
- Alternative letter-case form of tooth fairy.
Translations
Afrikaans tandemuis
- tandemuisfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Arabic جِنِّيّ أَسْنَان
- جِنِّيّ أَسْنَان (jinniyy ʔasnān)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Basque Maritxu Teilatuko, Maritxu Telletuko
- Maritxu Teilatukofigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
- Maritxu Telletukofigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Bulgarian феята на зъбките
- феята на зъбките (fejata na zăbkite)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Catalan angelet de les dents, angelets
- angelet de les dentsfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
- angeletsfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Chinese Mandarin 牙仙
- 牙仙 (yáxiān)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Danish tandfe
- tandfefigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Dutch tandenfee
- tandenfeefigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Finnish hammaskeiju
- hammaskeijufigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
French fée des dents, petite souris
- fée des dentsfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
- petite sourisfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
German Zahnfee
- Zahnfeefigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Hebrew פיית השיניים
- פיית השיניים (feyát hashináyim)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Hungarian fogtündér
- fogtündérfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Indonesian peri gigi
- peri gigifigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Italian acchiappadenti, fatina dei denti
- acchiappadentifigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
- fatina dei dentifigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
- topolinofigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Japanese 歯の妖精
- 歯の妖精 (shinoyōsei)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Korean 이의 요정
- 이의 요정 (iui yojeong)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Malay pari-pari gigi
- pari-pari gigifigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Norwegian Bokmål tannfe
- tannfefigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Persian پری دندان
- پری دندان (pari-ye dandân)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Polish zębowa wróżka, wróżka zębuszka
- zębowa wróżkafigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
- wróżka zębuszkafigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Portuguese fada dos dentes
- fada dos dentesfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Russian зубная фе́я
- зубная фе́я (zubnaja féja)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Spanish hada de los dientes, ratoncito Pérez
- hada de los dientesfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
- ratoncito Pérezfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
- ratón Pérezfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Swedish tandfe
- tandfefigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Thai ทูธแฟรี
- ทูธแฟรีfigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Turkish diş perisi
- diş perisifigure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Ukrainian зубна фея
- зубна фея (zubna feja)figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money in exchange for a milk tooth
Cite this entry
APA
tooth fairy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tooth%20fairy
MLA
“tooth fairy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tooth%20fairy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tooth fairy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tooth%20fairy.
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