fare

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See also farë, and faré

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[edit] Etymology 1

From the merger of Old English fær (‘journey,’ ‘road’) (a neuter) + faru (‘journey,’ ‘companions,’ ‘baggage’) (feminine), both from faran (‘to journey’), from Proto-Germanic *faranan, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (going, passage).

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fare (plural fares)

  1. Money paid for a transport ticket.
  2. A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  3. Food and drink.
  4. Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English faran (to journey), from Proto-Germanic *faranan, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (going, passage). Cognates include e.g. German fahren (to travel), Icelandic fara (to go) and Swedish fara (to travel).

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fare (third-person singular simple present fares, present participle faring, simple past fared or archaic fore, past participle fared or rarely faren)

  1. (intransitive) To go, travel
  2. (intransitive) To get along, succeed, be
  3. (intransitive) To eat, dine
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[edit] Albanian

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  • IPA: /ˈfaɾɛ/

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fare

  1. totally, wholly, completely
  2. (with negatives) at all

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  • IPA: /faːrə/, [ˈfɑːɑ]

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fare c. (singular definite faren, plural indefinite farer)

  1. danger, hazard
  2. risk

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fare (imperative far, present farer, past farede or for or fór, past participle faret)

  1. rush, run (originally go)

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fare (imperative far, infinitive at fare, present tense farer, past tense farede, past participle har faret)

  1. farrow

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fare

  1. by the action, by the initiative, by the effort, by order

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  • Followed by the word de, forming the preposition fare de.

[edit] Italian

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  • IPA: [ˈfaː.re], /ˈfare/, SAMPA: /"fare/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fà‧re

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From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

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fare (transitive)

  1. To do
  2. To make

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fāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of for  "speak thou, say thou"

[edit] Norwegian

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fare

  1. A danger

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From Old Norse fara

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fare

  1. To go; travel
  2. To rush; tear
  3. (shipping) To sail
  4. (archaic, poetry) To travel; voyage

[edit] Tahitian

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fare

  1. A house

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fare

  1. house

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fare (intransitive)

  1. To do or make

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[edit] Turkish

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From Arabic.

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  • IPA: [faːɾɛ]

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fare (definite accusative fareyi, plural fareler)

  1. mouse

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