faster

See also: FASTER and fäster

English

Pronunciation

• (GA) 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
• Bengali: রোজাদার (bn) (rozadar)
• 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

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

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

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

Declension of faster (strong)

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

Declension of faster (weak)

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

• Swedish: fast

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

References

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

Anagrams

• festar, safter