faster

See also: fäster

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfæstɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːstə/

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• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: fast‧er

Etymology 1

fast (“quick; quickly”) +‎ -er.

Adjective

faster

1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Adverb

faster

1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Etymology 2

fast (“refrain from eating”) +‎ -er.

Noun

faster (plural fasters)

1. One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.

Translations

one who fasts

• Basque: baraugile
• Breton: yuner
• Catalan: dejunador m, dejunadora f
• French: jeûneur (fr) m, jeûneuse (fr) f
• Italian: digiunatore m, digiunatrice f

• Latin: iēiūnātor m, iēiūnātrīx f
• Portuguese: jejuador m, jejuadora f
• Romanian: ajunător m, ajunătoare f, postitor m, postitoare f
• Spanish: ayunador (es) m, ayunadora (es) f
• Swahili: mfunga
• Welsh: ymprydiwr

Anagrams

• afters, farest, freats, strafe

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Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to far (“father”) +‎ søster (“sister”), from Old Norse fǫðursystir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fastər/, [ˈfasd̥ɐ]

Noun

faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)

1. paternal aunt (one's father's sister)

Inflection

Declension of faster

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faster	fasteren	fastre	fastrene
genitive	fasters	fasterens	fastres	fastrenes

Hypernyms

• tante

References

• “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse fǫðursystir. Cognate with Swedish faster.

Noun

faster f

1. paternal aunt

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

faster m or f

1. indefinite plural of faste

Verb

faster

1. present of faste

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”), akin to Norwegian Nynorsk farsyster.

Alternative forms

• farsyster, farsøster (long forms)

Noun

faster f (definite singular fastra, indefinite plural fastrer, definite plural fastrene)

1. a paternal aunt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

faster f

1. indefinite plural of faste
2. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of fasta

References

• “faster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Adjective

faster

1. fast, firm

Declension

Declension of faster (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	faster	fast	fast
accusative	fastan	fasta	fast
dative	fastum, -om	fastri, -re	fastu, -o
genitive	fasts	fastrar	fasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastir, -e(r)	fastar	fast
accusative	fasta	fastar	fast
dative	fastum, -om	fastum, -om	fastum, -om
genitive	fastra, -a	fastra, -a	fastra, -a

Declension of faster (weak)

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

• Swedish: fast

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse fǫðursystir.

Pronunciation

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Noun

faster c

1. paternal aunt

Declension

Declension of faster
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	faster	fastern	fastrar	fastrarna
Genitive	fasters	fasterns	fastrars	fastrarnas

See also

• moster

Anagrams

• festar, safter