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.

Noun

fader c (singular definite faderen, plural indefinite fædre)

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

Inflection

Declension of fader

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

Synonyms

• far

Derived terms

• fædreland (home country)

See also

• moder
• mor
• broder
• bror
• søster

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]?

Verb

fader

1. (reflexive, informal) to get stuck with

Conjugation

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

present participle		se fadant /sə fa.dɑ̃/
past participle		fadé /fa.de/
infinitive
simple		se fader
compound		s'être + past participle
gerund1
simple		se fadant /sə fa.dɑ̃/
compound		s'étant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(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/
	imperfect2	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	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fade-toi /fad.twa/	—	fadons-nous /fa.dɔ̃.nu/	fadez-vous /fa.de.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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

Alternative forms

• faðer, fadir, feder, vader

Etymology

From Old English fæder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfadər/, /ˈfaðər/

Noun

fader (plural faders or faderes)

1. father

Descendants

• English: father
• Scots: faither, fader, faether, faider, fither
• Yola: vather

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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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir

Noun

fader m (definite singular faderen, indefinite plural fedre, definite plural fedrene)

1. father (often in a religious context)

Synonyms

• far

References

• “fader” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːdɛr/

Noun

fader m (definite singular faderen, indefinite plural fedrar, definite plural fedrane)

1. (archaic, poetic) father

Synonyms

• far
• pappa

References

• “fader” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Scots

Noun

fader (plural faders)

1. Alternative form of faither

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Swedish

Etymology

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

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

Synonyms

• far
• pappa

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

See also

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

References

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