far

See also fár, får, and fær

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old English feor. Cognate with Middle Low German vere.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /fɑː(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /fA:(\r)/

• Audio (UK)

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• (GenAm) IPA: /fɑɹ/, [fɑɹ], [fɑ˞], X-SAMPA: /fAr\/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Adjective

far (comparative farther/further, superlative farthest/furthest)

1. Remote in space.

   He went to a far country.

2. Remote in time.
3. Long.

   It was a far adventure, full of danger.

4. More remote or longer of two.

   He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.

5. Extreme.

   We are on the far right on this issue.

6. (computing, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

   far heap

   far memory

   far pointer

Antonyms

• (remote in space): close, near

Derived terms

terms derived from far (adjective)

afar as far as by far faraway far from

far off how far so far thus far

Translations

remote in space

• Arabic: بعيد (ar) (ba3iid)

  Egyptian Arabic: بعيد (beʕiid) m, بعيدة (beʕiida) f, بعاد (buʕaad) pl

• Armenian: հեռու (hy) (heṙu)
• Aromanian: diparte (rup)
• Bulgarian: далечен (bg) (dalečen)
• Burmese: ဝေးကွာ (my) (we:kwa)
• Catalan: llunyà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠的 (cmn), 远的 (cmn) (yuǎn de), 遠離的 (cmn), 远离的 (cmn) (yuǎnlí de), 更遠的 (cmn), 更远的 (cmn) (gèngyuǎn de)

• Crimean Tatar: erek
• Czech: daleký (cs)
• Danish: langt borte (da), fjern (da)
• Dutch: ver (nl)
• Esperanto: fora (eo)
• Finnish: kaukainen (fi), kaukana oleva (fi)
• French: lointain (fr)
• Friulian: lontan
• Georgian: შორეული (ka) (šoreuli)
• German: fern (de), weit entfernt (de), (far away) weit weg (de)
• Greek: μακριά (el) (makriá) (makriá)
• Hebrew: רחוק (he) (rakhók)
• Hindi: दूर (hi) (dūr)
• Hungarian: messze (hu)
• Icelandic: fjarri (is)
• Ido: distanta (io)
• Italian: lontano (it)
• Japanese: 遠い (ja) (とおい, tōi), 遥かな (ja) (はるかな, haruka-na)
• Kazakh: алыс (kk) (alıs)
• Korean: 먼 (ko) (meon), (predicative) 멀다 (ko) (meolda)

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: dûr (ku)

  Sorani: دوور

• Latgalian: tuoli n, tuoleims m, tuoleima f
• Latin: procul (la), remotius (la)
• Latvian: tālu (lv) n, tāls (lv) m, tāla (lv) f
• Lithuanian: toli (lt)
• Malay: jauh (ms)
• Nahuatl: ueca (nah)
• Neapolitan: luntano
• Norwegian: langt borte (no), fjern (no)
• Occitan: luènh (oc)
• Pashto: لرې (ps) (lëre)
• Persian: دور (fa) (dur)
• Polish: daleki (pl) m, daleka (pl) m, dalekie (pl) n
• Portuguese: longe (pt), distante (pt)
• Romani: dur
• Romanian: departe (ro)
• Russian: дальний (ru) (dál’nij), далёкий (ru) (daljókij)
• Scots: faur
• Seri: aamo (intermediate distance, a bit far)
• Sicilian: luntanu (scn)
• Slovene: dáleč (sl)
• Spanish: lejano (es)
• Swedish: fjärran (sv), långt bort (sv), avlägsen (sv)
• Talysh:

  Asalemi: دور (dur)

• Telugu: దూరము (te) (dooramu)
• Thai: ไกล (th) (klai)
• Turkish: uzak (tr)
• Urdu: دور (ur) (dūr)
• Vietnamese: xa (vi), xa xôi (vi)
• West Frisian: fier (fy)

remote in time

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: отдалечен (bg) (otdalečen)
• Catalan: llunyà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 久遠 (cmn), 久远 (cmn) (jiǔyuǎn), 久 (cmn) (jiǔ)

• Finnish: etäinen (fi), kaukainen (fi)

• Georgian: მოგვიანებითი (ka) (mogvianebit'i)
• Norwegian: fjern (no)
• Pashto: لرې (ps) (lëre)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

long

• Catalan: llunyà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大 (cmn) (dà)， 長 (cmn), 长 (cmn) (cháng)

• Finnish: pitkä (fi)

more remote or longer of two

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠的 (cmn), 远的 (cmn) (yuǎn de), 遠離的 (cmn), 远离的 (cmn) (yuǎnlí de), 更遠的 (cmn), 更远的 (cmn) (gèngyuǎn de)

• Finnish: etäinen (fi), kaukainen (fi)

extreme

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極端 (cmn), 极端 (cmn) (jíduān), 極 (cmn), 极 (cmn) (jí)

• Finnish: äärimmäinen (fi), ääri- (fi)
• French: extrême (fr)

Adverb

far (comparative farther/further, superlative farthest/furthest)

1. Distant in space, time or degree.

   My house is quite far from the beach.

   The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless.

2. To or from a great distance, time, or degree.

   You have all come far and you will go farther.

3. (with a comparative) Very much.

   He was far richer than we'd thought.

   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:

     The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.

Translations

distant in space, time, or degree

• Arabic: بعيداً (ar) (baʕidan)

  Egyptian Arabic: بعيد (beʕiid)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: далеч (bg) (daleč)
• Catalan: lluny (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠的 (cmn), 远的 (cmn) (yuǎn de), 遠離的 (cmn), 远离的 (cmn) (yuǎnlí de), 更遠的 (cmn), 更远的 (cmn) (gèngyuǎn de), 久遠 (cmn), 久远 (cmn) (jiǔyuǎn), 久 (cmn) (jiǔ), 極端 (cmn), 极端 (cmn) (jíduān), 極 (cmn), 极 (cmn) (jí)

• Dutch: ver (nl)
• Finnish: kaukana (fi), etäällä (fi)
• French: loin (fr)
• German: fern (de)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: lontano (it), distante (it)
• Japanese: 遠く (ja) (tooku)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can:
• Latin: longē (la)
• Navajo: nízah
• Neapolitan: luntano
• Norwegian: langt (no)
• Portuguese: longe (pt), distante (pt)
• Rapa Nui: kumi
• Romanian: departe (ro)
• Russian: далеко (ru) (dal'ekó)
• Spanish: lejos (es)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to or from a great distance, time, or degree

• Catalan: enllà (ca), ençà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠的 (cmn), 远的 (cmn) (yuǎn de), 遠離的 (cmn), 远离的 (cmn) (yuǎnlí de), 更遠的 (cmn), 更远的 (cmn) (gèngyuǎn de)

• Finnish: kauas (fi) (to), kaukaa (fi) (from), etäälle (fi), etäältä (fi)
• Latin: longē (la)
• Norwegian: langt (no)
• Russian: далеко (ru) (dal'ekó)

context: with a comparative — see very much

Noun

far (plural fars)

1. spelt (type of wheat)

Translations

spelt — see spelt

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: few · whom · love · #180: far · seemed · house · looked

Anagrams

• arf, 'arf, ARF, RAF

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin Pharus.

Noun

far

1. lighthouse

Etymology 2

From Latin farina.

Noun

far

1. seed

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Pharus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Noun

far m (plural fars)

1. lighthouse
2. headlight

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

Noun

far c (singular definite faren, plural indefinite fædre)

1. father, dad

Synonyms

• fader

Inflection

    Inflection of far

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	far	faren	fædre	fædrene
genitive	fars	farens	fædres	fædrenes

Related terms

• mor, moder
• bror, søster, søskende
• søn, datter

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Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from fari (“to do, to make”).

Preposition

far

1. (neologism) by

   La libro de Johano far Ŝekspiro

   John's book of/by Shakespeare)

   regata de la popolo, far la popolo por la popolo

   ruled of the people, by the people for the people

Usage notes

Unofficial. The most common innovative preposition, far is used for some of the functions of the preposition de "of, from, by", which some authors feel is overworked. Useful to distinguish, for example, the owner of a book (de) from the author (far).

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Faroese

Noun

far n (genitive singular fars, plural før)

1. drive, ride, tour
2. vessel
3. trace, sign

Declension

n5	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	far	farið	før	førini
Accusative	far	farið	før	førini
Dative	fari	farinum	førum	førunum
Genitive	fars	farsins	fara	faranna

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /faʁ/

Noun

far m (plural fars)

1. A traditional Breton cake

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Hungarian

Etymology

Maybe from the same Uralic root *perä as Finnish perä.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɒr/

Noun

far (plural farok)

1. buttock, posterior
2. stern (ship)
3. tail, rear (vehicle)

Declension

declension of far singular plural nominative far farok accusative fart farokat dative farnak faroknak instrumental farral farokkal causal-final farért farokért translative farrá farokká terminative farig farokig essive-formal farként farokként essive-modal - - inessive farban farokban superessive faron farokon adessive farnál faroknál illative farba farokba sublative farra farokra allative farhoz farokhoz elative farból farokból delative farról farokról ablative fartól faroktól

possessives of far possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. farom faraim 2nd person sing. farod faraid 3rd person sing. fara farai 1st person plural farunk faraink 2nd person plural farotok faraitok 3rd person plural faruk faraik

Derived terms

• farol

Compound words

• farzseb

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /faːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

far n (genitive singular fars, plural för)

1. passage, ride

   Má ég fá far?

   Can I get a ride?

2. imprint, trace
3. character, personality

Declension

declension of far

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	far	farið	för	förin
accusative	far	farið	för	förin
dative	fari	farinu	förum	förunum
genitive	fars	farsins	fara	faranna

Derived terms

• fá far (to get a ride, to get a lift)
• gera sér far um
• hjakka í sama farinu
• í fari hans
• sækja í sama farið

Synonyms

• flutningur
• merki

See also

• skutl
• skutla

Anagrams

• raf

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Italian

Verb

far

1. apocopic form of fare

Anagrams

• fra

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- ‘spike, prickle’ (compare Welsh bara ‘bread’, English barley, Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno ‘flour’, Albanian bar ‘grass’, Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”)).

Noun

far (genitive farris); n, third declension

1. spelt (type of wheat)
2. course meal; grits

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	far	farra
genitive	farris	farrium, farrum
dative	farrī	farribus
accusative	far	farra
ablative	farre	farribus
vocative	far	farra

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Lojban

Rafsi

far

1. rafsi of farna.

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic فأرٌ (fa’r, “mouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɐːr/

Noun

far m

1. mouse

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Cf. longer version fader.

Noun

far m (definite singular faren; indefinite plural fedre; definite plural fedrene)

1. father

Synonyms

• pappa
• fader

Related terms

• mor, mamma
• bror, søster, søsken
• sønn, datter

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Cf. longer version fader.

Noun

far m (definite singular faren; indefinite plural fedrar; definite plural fedrane)

1. father

Synonyms

• pappa
• fader

Related terms

• mor, mamma
• bror, syster, sysken
• son, dotter

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Occitan

Verb

far

1. Alternative form of faire.

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Old Irish

Determiner

far

1. Alternative form of for.

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Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• faire
• fare

Etymology

Latin facio

Pronunciation

• IPA: /far/

Verb

far

1. to do
   • c. 1130, Jaufre Rudel, canso:

     Dieus que fetz tot qunt ve ni vai / E formet sest'amor de lonh / Mi don poder [...].

     God, who makes everything that comes or goes and who created this distant love, give me power.

Descendants

• Catalan: far
• Occitan: far

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pharus, French phare.

Noun

far n (plural faruri)

1. lighthouse
2. (figuratively) beacon
3. car headlight

Declension

declension of far

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un far	farul	niște faruri	farurile
genitive/dative	unui far	farului	unor faruri	farurilor

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) fer

Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb

far

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) to do, make

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Conjunction

far

1. where (relative/non-interrogative)

   Bha e cunnartach far an robh am balach ag iasgach. - It was dangerous where the boy was fishing.

Etymology 2

Preposition

far

1. Alternative form of bhàrr.

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Swedish

Etymology

Short for fader, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

far c

1. father

Declension

Declension of far

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	far	fadern	fäder	fäderna
genitive	fars	faderns	fäders	fädernas

Related terms

farbroder farbror farfader farfar farföräldrar fargalt

farmoder farmor farsa farsarv farsfigur farsgubben

farsnamn farsidan faster morfar styvfar

Verb

far

1. imperative of fara.
2. present tense of fara.

References

• far in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Turkish

Etymology 1

From French phare.

Noun

far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

1. headlight

Etymology 2

From French fard.

Noun

far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

1. eye shadow

Declension

declension of far

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	far	farlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	farı	farları
dative (yönelme)	fara	farlara
locative (bulunma)	farda	farlarda
ablative (çıkma)	fardan	farlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	farın	farların

possessive forms of far

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	farım	farlarım
senin (your)	farın	farların
onun (his/her/its)	farı	farları
bizim (our)	farımız	farlarımız
sizin (your)	farınız	farlarınız
onların (their)	farları	farları
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	farımı	farlarımı
senin (your)	farını	farlarını
onun (his/her/its)	farını	farlarını
bizim (our)	farımızı	farlarımızı
sizin (your)	farınızı	farlarınızı
onların (their)	farlarını	farlarını
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	farıma	farlarıma
senin (your)	farına	farlarına
onun (his/her/its)	farına	farlarına
bizim (our)	farımıza	farlarımıza
sizin (your)	farınıza	farlarınıza
onların (their)	farlarına	farlarına
locative	singular	plural
benim (my)	farımda	farlarımda
senin (your)	farında	farlarında
onun (his/her/its)	farında	farlarında
bizim (our)	farımızda	farlarımızda
sizin (your)	farınızda	farlarınızda
onların (their)	farlarında	farlarında
ablative	singular	plural
benim (my)	farımdan	farlarımdan
senin (your)	farından	farlarından
onun (his/her/its)	farından	farlarından
bizim (our)	farımızdan	farlarımızdan
sizin (your)	farınızdan	farlarınızdan
onların (their)	farlarından	farlarından
genitive	singular	plural
benim (my)	farımın	farlarımın
senin (your)	farının	farlarının
onun (his/her/its)	farının	farlarının
bizim (our)	farımızın	farlarımızın
sizin (your)	farınızın	farlarınızın
onların (their)	farlarının	farlarının

Synonyms

• göz farı (2)

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō. Compare Italian fare

Verb

far (transitive)

1. to do
2. to make
3. to act or operate
4. to study

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA: [faɾ], X-SAMPA: [fa4]

Noun

far (plural fars)

1. lighthouse

Declension

declension of far

	singular	plural
nominative	far	fars
genitive	fara	faras
dative	fare	fares
accusative	fari	faris
predicative	faru	farus
vocative	o far!	o fars!

Synonyms

• maletamatüm

See also

• laramamalet
• lefilamalet
• malet
• maletam
• maletadomil
• maletahorn
• maletamöp
• tüm