fart

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 3 Danish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.2.2 Inflection 3.3 See also 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Icelandic 5.1 Noun 6 Norwegian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Synonyms 6.3 Verb 6.4 References 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Derived terms 7.3 See also

English

Etymology

From Old English feortan, from Germanic *fertan, *fartōn, from Proto-Indo-European *perd- (“‘to fart’”), probably of imitative origin. Compare with Greek πέρδομαι (perdomai), Latin pēdĕre, Sanskrit pardate, Avestan pərəδaiti and Russian пердеть (perdet’), all with the same meaning. The transition of /p/ to /f/ and /d/ to /t/ is a typical example of Grimm's law as manifested in German furzen.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: fä(r)t, IPA: /fɑː(ɹ)t/, SAMPA: /fA:(r)t/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

Noun

fart (plural farts)

1. (informal, mildly vulgar) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
2. (colloquial, mildly pejorative) An irritating person; a fool.
3. (colloquial, humorous, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• brain fart
• duck fart
• fart sack
• nun fart
• old fart

Translations

Verb

to fart (third-person singular simple present farts, present participle farting, simple past and past participle farted)

1. (informal, mildly vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
2. (colloquial, usually as "fart around") To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.

Synonyms

(waste time with aimless activities): futz, fool around, fool about

• See also Wikisaurus:flatulate

Translations

See also

• flatulence
• flatulent
• flatus

Anagrams

• Alphagram: afrt
• frat
• raft
• RTFA
• traf, TRAF

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Catalan

Etymology

from Latin fartus

Adjective

fart m. (feminine farta, masculine plural farts, feminine plural fartes)

1. stuffed
2. fed up

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fart/, [fɑːˀd̥]

Noun

fart c. (singular definite farten, plural indefinite farter)

1. (uncountable) speed

   Mange trafikulykker sker på grund af for høj fart. - Many accidents happen because of excessive speed.

2. (sailing) : trip; journey; trade.

   Der er en stigning i antallet af farter mellem Asien og Europa. - There is an increase in the number of trades between Asia and Europe.

3. At være på farten - To be on the move.

Derived terms

Inflection

sailing

See also

• hastighed

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /faʀ/

Noun

fart m. (plural farts)

1. wax (for skis)

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Icelandic

Noun

fart f.

1. (informal) speed

   Það er nú meiri fartin á þér, drengur! – My, you sure seem to be in a hurry, son!

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Low Saxon vart, related to fare (“‘fare, travel’”)

Noun

fart (definite singular farta/farten; uncountable)

1. velocity
2. movement, motion
3. transportation
4. high speed, vigor, drive

Synonyms

velocity

• hastighet
• tempo

movement

• bevegelse
• gang

transportation

• ferdsel
• reise
• tur

high speed, vigor

• fres
• driv
• liv

Verb

fart

1. past participle of fare

References

• “fart” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• “fart” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Swedish

Inflection for fart	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fart	farten	farter	farterna
Genitive	farts	fartens	farters	farternas

Pronunciation

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Noun

fart c.

1. speed

Derived terms

• avfart
• infart
• påfart
• överfart
• fartkamera

See also

• hastighet