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fader
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
fader (plural faders)
- A device used to raise and lower sound volume.
- (computer graphics) A program or algorithm for fading out colors.
Derived terms
Translations
a device used to raise and lower sound volume
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Etymology 2
Adjective
fader
- comparative form of fade: more fade
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish fathær, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Noun
fader c (singular definite faderen, plural indefinite fædre)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- fædreland (home country)
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References
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
fader
Conjugation
Conjugation of se fader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Further reading
- “fader”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
fader
Adjective
fader
Luxembourgish
Adjective
fader
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfadər/, /ˈfaːdər/
- IPA(key): /ˈfaðər/, /ˈfaːdər/ (Late Middle English)
Noun
fader (plural fadres, genitive singular fader or fadres)
- A father (male direct ancestor of someone or some creature)
- An indirect male ancestor (of some being)
- The inventor or originator of an idea, nation or lineage.
- A spiritual superordinate, teacher, or leader:
- A confessor (individual who one offers confessions to);
- One of the Church Fathers; an author of patristic writings.
- God/Jesus as father (of Jesus, as inventor, or as leader).
- An appellation signifying the speaker's inferiority.
- (rare) A secular superordinate or leader.
- (rare) A member of the Roman senate.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 February 2019.
- 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.
Etymology 2
Verb
fader
- alternative form of fadren
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Noun
fader m (definite singular faderen, indefinite plural fedre, definite plural fedrene)
- father (often in a religious context)
Synonyms
References
- “fader” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
fader m (definite singular faderen, indefinite plural fedrar, definite plural fedrane)
Declension
Synonyms
References
- “fader” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Old Germanic cognates: Old Frisian feder, Old Saxon fadar, Old Dutch fader, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).
Pronunciation
Noun
fader m (nominative plural faderas) (Northumbrian)
- alternative form of fæder
Declension
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
Noun
fader m
- alternative form of feder
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 195
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA(key): [ˈfa.dɛr]
Noun
fader m pers (female equivalent mutra)
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, derogatory, ethnic slur) German person; Kraut
- Hypernym: Niemiec
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “fader”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 301
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Scots
Noun
fader (plural faders)
- alternative form of faither
References
- “fader, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
- “fader, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish faþir, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
fader c
- (formal) father
- father, a term of address for a Christian priest
- father, creator
- Darwin - evolutionens fader.
- Darwin - the father of evolution.
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Allfader
- anfader
- Fader
- Fader Himmel
- faderlig
- faderlös
- fadermord
- fadermördare
- fadersarv
- fadersbild
- fadersbunden
- fadersfigur
- fadersgestalt
- fadershand
- fadershem
- fadershjärta
- fadershus
- faderskap
- faderskomplex
- faderskänsla
- faderskärlek
- fadersnamn
- fadersroll
- fadersstolthet
- fadervår
- far
- farfader
- fäderne
- Himlafader
- morfader
- styvfader
- ökenfader
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