far

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Albanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Catalan 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Danish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Synonyms 4.2.2 Inflection 4.2.3 Related terms 5 Esperanto 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Preposition 5.3 Usage notes 6 Faroese 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Declension 7 Hungarian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension 8 Icelandic 8.1 Noun 8.2 Anagrams 9 Italian 9.1 Verb 10 Maltese 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Noun 11 Norwegian Bokmål 11.1 Noun 11.1.1 Synonyms 11.1.2 Related terms 12 Romanian 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Noun 12.2.1 Declension 13 Scottish Gaelic 13.1 Conjunction 14 Swedish 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Pronunciation 14.3 Noun 14.4 Verb 15 Turkish 15.1 Etymology 1 15.1.1 Noun 15.2 Etymology 2 15.2.1 Noun 15.2.1.1 Declension 15.2.1.2 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English feor

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /fɑː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /fA:(\r)/
• (GenAm) IPA: /fɑɹ/, SAMPA: /fAr\/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

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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.

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• (remote in space): close, near

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[edit] Adverb

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

1. Distant in space, time or degree.
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.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: afr
• arf, 'arf, ARF
• RAF

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin Pharus.

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far

1. lighthouse

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

Latin Pharus.

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far

1. lighthouse
2. headlight

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

far c. (singular definite faren, plural indefinite fædre)

1. father, dad

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• fader

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

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

Back-formation from fari. "to do, to make"

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far

1. by

   La libro de Johano far Ŝekspiro (John's book of/by Shakespeare)

[edit] 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 for example to distinguish the owner of a book (de) from the author (far).

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[edit] Faroese

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far n.

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

[edit] 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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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɒr/

[edit] Noun

far (plural farok)

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

[edit] 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

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[edit] Icelandic

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far n.

1. passage

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: afr
• raf

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[edit] Italian

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far

1. Apocopic form of fare.

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[edit] Maltese

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic فأرٌ (fa’r), “‘mouse’”).

[edit] Noun

far

1. mouse

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[edit] Norwegian Bokmål

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

1. father

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• pappa
• fader

[edit] Related terms

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

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[edit] Romanian

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Latin Pharus.

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far n. (plural faruri)

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

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

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far

1. where (non-interrogative)

   • Bha e cunnartach far an robh am balach ag iasgach — it was dangerous where the boy was fishing

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

Short for fader.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for far	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	far	fadern	fäder	fäderna
Possessive form	fars	faderns	fäders	fädernas

1. father

[edit] Verb

far

1. Present tense of fara.
2. Imperative form of fara.

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[edit] Turkish

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Latin Pharus.

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far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

1. headlight

[edit] Etymology 2

French fard.

[edit] Noun

far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

1. eye shadow

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[edit] Synonyms

• göz farı (2)