fader

See also: Fader and fäder

English

Etymology

fade +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪdə/
• Rhymes: -eɪdə(r)

Noun

fader (plural faders)

1. A device used to control sound volume.

Derived terms

• crossfader

Adjective

fader

1. comparative form of fade: more fade

Anagrams

• Defra, Freda, fared, fear'd, feard

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Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

fader c (singular definite faderen, plural indefinite fædre)

1. (now formal) father
2. A term of address for a Christian priest.

Synonyms

• far

Derived terms

• fædreland (home country)

Inflection

Declension of fader

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fader	faderen	fædre	fædrene
genitive	faders	faderens	fædres	fædrenes

See also

• moder
• mor
• broder
• bror
• søster

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Occitan [Term?]?

Verb

fader

1. (reflexive, informal) to get stuck with

Conjugation

  Conjugation of se fader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		se fader			s'être fadé
gerund		en se fadant			en s'étant fadé
present participle		se fadant /sə‿.fa.dɑ̃/
past participle		fadé /fa.de/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	me fade /mə‿.fad/	te fades /tə‿.fad/	se fade /sə‿.fad/	nous fadons /nu‿.fa.dɔ̃/	vous fadez /vu‿.fa.de/	se fadent /sə‿.fad/
	imperfect	me fadais /mə‿.fa.dɛ/	te fadais /tə‿.fa.dɛ/	se fadait /sə‿.fa.dɛ/	nous fadions /nu‿.fa.djɔ̃/	vous fadiez /vu‿.fa.dje/	se fadaient /sə‿.fa.dɛ/
	past historic1	me fadai /mə‿.fa.de/	te fadas /tə‿.fa.da/	se fada /sə‿.fa.da/	nous fadâmes /nu‿.fa.dam/	vous fadâtes /vu‿.fa.dat/	se fadèrent /sə‿.fa.dɛʁ/
	future	me faderai /mə‿.fa.dʁe/	te faderas /tə‿.fa.dʁa/	se fadera /sə‿.fa.dʁa/	nous faderons /nu‿.fa.dʁɔ̃/	vous faderez /vu‿.fa.dʁe/	se faderont /sə‿.fa.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me faderais /mə‿.fa.dʁɛ/	te faderais /tə‿.fa.dʁɛ/	se faderait /sə‿.fa.dʁɛ/	nous faderions /nu‿.fa.də.ʁjɔ̃/	vous faderiez /vu‿.fa.də.ʁje/	se faderaient /sə‿.fa.dʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	me fade /mə‿.fad/	te fades /tə‿.fad/	se fade /sə‿.fad/	nous fadions /nu‿.fa.djɔ̃/	vous fadiez /vu‿.fa.dje/	se fadent /sə‿.fad/
	imperfect1	me fadasse /mə‿.fa.das/	te fadasses /tə‿.fa.das/	se fadât /sə‿.fa.da/	nous fadassions /nu‿.fa.da.sjɔ̃/	vous fadassiez /vu‿.fa.da.sje/	se fadassent /sə‿.fa.das/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	fade-toi /fad.‿twa/	—	fadons-nous /fa.dɔ̃.‿nu/	fadez-vous /fa.de.‿vu/	—
1literary tenses

Further reading

• “fader” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Adjective

fader

1. comparative degree of fade

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

fader

1. feminine dative of fad

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Middle English

Noun

fader (plural faders)

1. father

Descendants

• English: father

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

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Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• vader

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Compare Old Saxon fadar, Old Frisian feder, Old English fæder, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).

Noun

fader m

1. father

Descendants

• Dutch: vader

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English fæder. Compare faither.

Noun

fader (plural faders)

1. father

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish faþir, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

fader c

1. a father
2. a term of address for a Christian priest

Declension

Declension of fader
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fader	fadern	fäder	fäderna
Genitive	faders	faderns	fäders	fädernas

Related terms

anfader faderlig faderlös fadermord fadermördare fadersarv

fadersbild fadersbunden fadersfigur fadersgestalt fadershand

fadershem fadershjärta fadershus faderskap faderskomplex

faderskänsla faderskärlek fadersnamn fadersroll fadersstolthet

fadervår farfader fäderne morfader styvfader

Synonyms

• far
• pappa

See also

• moder
• mor
• mamma
• broder
• bror
• syster

References

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