feygele

F4E1Y4G2E1L1E1
/feɪɡələ/

noun

A little bird.

OriginYiddish פֿייגעלע ← Old High German fogal →
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Meanings

nounfeygele (plural feygeles)

plural feygeles · alternative faygele · alternative faygeleh · alternative feygeleh · alternative fegele · alternative fegeleh · alternative faygelah

  1. datedA little bird.
  2. A man who is or who is thought to be homosexual.

    When will they introduce a scantily clad, ultrabuff, humpa-hunka burn'n all-man studflesh to give us feigellas a reason to watch?

    1999 September 24, cor...@frogger.telerama.com, “Our Commodification”, in soc.motss (Usenet)
  3. A very young girl.

Origin

  1. Old High Germanfogal
  2. Yiddishפֿייגעלע
  3. Englishfeygele

From Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele), a diminutive of פֿויגל (foygl, “bird”), from Old High German fogal. Cognate with English fowl.

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feygele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feygele

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“feygele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feygele. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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