faster

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English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfæstɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːstə/
• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: fast‧er

Etymology 1

From fast (“quick; quickly”) +‎ -er.

Adjective

faster

1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Adverb

faster

1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Etymology 2

From fast (“refrain from eating”) +‎ -er.

Noun

faster (plural fasters)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• afters, farest, freats, strafe

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)

Declension

Hypernyms

• tante

References

• “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse fǫðursystir. Cognate with Swedish faster.

Noun

faster f

1. paternal aunt

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”).

Noun

faster f or m (definite singular fasteren or fastra, indefinite plural fastrer or fastre, definite plural fastrene)

1. a paternal aunt

Etymology 2

Noun

faster c

1. indefinite plural of faste

Verb

faster

1. present of faste

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.

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Adjective

faster

1. fast, firm

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: fast

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

faster c

1. paternal aunt

Declension

See also

• moster

References

• faster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• faster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• faster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• festar, safter