fare

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See also farë, and faré

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English faran (to journey), from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (going, passage). Cognates include West Frisian farre, Dutch varen, German fahren (to travel), Danish fare, Icelandic fara (to go) and Swedish fara (to travel).

Verb[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈfaɾɛ/

Adverb[edit]

fare

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

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /faːrə/, [ˈfɑːɑ]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

fare c (singular definite faren, plural indefinite farer)

  1. danger, hazard
  2. risk

Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. rush, run (originally go)

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. farrow

Esperanto[edit]

Adverb[edit]

fare

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

Usage notes[edit]

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

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

Verb[edit]

fare (transitive)

  1. to do
  2. to make
  3. to act
  4. to get someone to be something

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

fāre

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

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

fare m (definite singular faren; indefinite plural farer; definite plural farene)

  1. danger

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fara.

Verb[edit]

fare

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

fare m (definite singular faren; indefinite plural farar; definite plural farane)

  1. danger

Verb[edit]

fare (present tense fer; past tense fór; past participle fare; passive infinitive farast; present participle farande; imperative far)

  1. Alternative form of fara.

Tahitian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *fare

Noun[edit]

fare

  1. A house

Tarantino[edit]

Verb[edit]

fare

  1. (intransitive) To do or make

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فأرة (faʾra(t)).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [faːɾɛ]

Noun[edit]

fare (definite accusative fareyi, plural fareler)

  1. mouse

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