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]From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er.
Adjective
[edit]faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
- 1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587:
- The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.
- 2025 July 9, Philip Haigh, “When the WCML closes, can the S&C take the strain?”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 22:
- Other paths can be occupied by oil trains from Grain, timber trains for Chirk, cement trains for Clitheroe, as well as engineering trains running this way to avoid the West Coast Main Line and other 60mph services squeezed off the WCML to make way for faster passenger and freight trains.
Adverb
[edit]faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Etymology 2
[edit]From fast (“refrain from eating”) + -er.
Noun
[edit]faster (plural fasters)
- One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
Translations
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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]common gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | faster | fasteren | fastre | fastrene |
genitive | fasters | fasterens | fastres | fastrenes |
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 faste |
fasta | fasta |
accusative | fasta | fastu fasto |
fasta |
dative | fasta | fastu fasto |
fasta |
genitive | fasta | fastu fasto |
fasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
accusative | fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
dative | fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
genitive | fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
Descendants
[edit]- Swedish: fast
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse fǫðursystir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]faster c
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | faster | fasters |
definite | fastern | fasterns | |
plural | indefinite | fastrar | fastrars |
definite | fastrarna | 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 pronunciation
- 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 terms with quotations
- 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 pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Female family members