faster
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæstɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːstə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: fast‧er
Etymology 1[edit]
fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er.
Adjective[edit]
faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Adverb[edit]
faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Etymology 2[edit]
fast (“refrain from eating”) + -er.
Noun[edit]
faster (plural fasters)
- One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Equivalent to far (“father”) + søster (“sister”), from Old Norse fǫðursystir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)
- paternal aunt (one's father's sister)
Declension[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog
Elfdalian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse fǫðursystir. Cognate with Swedish faster.
Noun[edit]
faster f
- paternal aunt
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”).
Noun[edit]
faster f or m (definite singular fasteren or fastra, indefinite plural fastrer or fastre, definite plural fastrene)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
faster c
Verb[edit]
faster
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”), akin to Norwegian Nynorsk farsyster.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
faster f (definite singular fastra, indefinite plural fastrer, definite plural fastrene)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
faster f
- indefinite plural of faste
- (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of fasta
References[edit]
- “faster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.
Adjective[edit]
faster
Declension[edit]
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | faster | fast | fast |
accusative | fastan | fasta | fast |
dative | fastum fastom |
fastri fastre |
fastu fasto |
genitive | fasts | fastrar | fasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fastir faster |
fastar | fast |
accusative | fasta | fastar | fast |
dative | fastum fastom |
fastum fastom |
fastum fastom |
genitive | fastra fasta |
fastra fasta |
fastra fasta |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | fasti, -e | fasta | fasta |
accusative | fasta | fastu, -o | fasta |
dative | fasta | fastu, -o | fasta |
genitive | fasta | fastu, -o | fasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fastu, -o | fastu, -o | fastu, -o |
accusative | fastu, -o | fastu, -o | fastu, -o |
dative | fastu, -o | fastu, -o | fastu, -o |
genitive | fastu, -o | fastu, -o | fastu, -o |
Descendants[edit]
- Swedish: fast
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse fǫðursystir.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Noun[edit]
faster c
Declension[edit]
Declension of faster | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | faster | fastern | fastrar | fastrarna |
Genitive | fasters | fasterns | fastrars | fastrarnas |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- faster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- faster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- faster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams[edit]
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/æstə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/æstə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɑːstə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɑːstə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English terms suffixed with -er (comparative)
- English non-lemma forms
- English comparative adjectives
- English comparative adverbs
- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English agent nouns
- Danish compound terms
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Family
- Elfdalian terms derived from Old Norse
- Elfdalian lemmas
- Elfdalian nouns
- Elfdalian feminine nouns
- ovd:Female family members
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- nn:Family
- nn:Family members
- nn:Female family members
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Swedish lemmas
- Old Swedish adjectives
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Female family members