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faa

English

Noun

faa (plural faas)

  1. The letter ? in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

  • A.A.F., AAF, AFA

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • faahe

Etymology

From Old High German f?han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhan?. Compare German fahen, fangen, Dutch vangen, English fang, Icelandic .

Verb

faa

  1. (Uri) to catch

Conjugation

Strong:

Mixed:

References

  • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.

Jamamadí

Noun

faa

  1. (Banawá) water

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Middle English

Noun

faa

  1. Alternative form of fo

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

-faa (infinitive kufaa)

  1. to fit
  2. to be suitable or useful
    Synonym: halisi

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Nominal derivations:
    • kifaa

Woleaian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

faa

  1. four

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fax

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: f?ks, IPA(key): /fæks/
  • Homophone: facts (informal US and Canada pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1

From Middle English fax, from Old English feax (hair, head of hair), from Proto-West Germanic *fahs, from Proto-Germanic *fahs? (hair, mane), from Proto-Indo-European *po?som (hair, literally that which is combed, shorn, or plucked), from Proto-Indo-European *pe?- (to comb, shear, pluck). Cognate with Dutch vas (headhair), German Fachs (head-hair), Norwegian faks (mane), Icelandic fax (mane), Sanskrit ???????? (pák?man, eyelash, hair, filament).

Noun

fax (usually uncountable, plural faxes)

  1. (obsolete or Britain dialectal) The hair of the head.
Derived terms
  • faxed
  • Fairfax
  • Halifax

Etymology 2

Clipping of facsimile, first attested 1979.

Noun

fax (plural faxes or faxxes)

  1. A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.
Translations

Verb

fax (third-person singular simple present faxes or faxxes, present participle faxing or faxxing, simple past and past participle faxed or faxxed)

  1. To send a document via a fax machine.
Translations

Czech

Noun

fax m

  1. fax (document)
  2. fax, fax machine

Declension

Related terms

  • faxovat

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f?ks/
  • Hyphenation: fax
  • Rhymes: -?ks

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fax (a fax machine; to fax).

Noun

fax m (plural faxen, diminutive faxje n)

  1. fax
Synonyms
  • telefacsimile
  • telefax

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

fax

  1. first-person singular present indicative of faxen
  2. imperative of faxen

Hungarian

Etymology

From English (tele)fax, from facsimile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?f?ks]
  • Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

fax (plural faxok)

  1. fax

Declension

Derived terms

  • faxol

(Compound words):

  • faxkészülék
  • faxkezel?
  • faxpapír
  • faxszám
  • faxüzenet

References


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faxs/
  • IPA(key): /faks/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fax (mane) from Proto-Indo-European *po?-s-, from *pe?- (to pluck).

Noun

fax n (genitive singular fax, nominative plural föx)

  1. mane (of a horse)
Declension
See also
  • makki

Etymology 2

From English fax, from facsimile, from Latin.

Noun

fax n (genitive singular fax, nominative plural föx)

  1. fax, telefax (document sent electronically and printed with a fax machine)
Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *??weh?k- (to shine). Cognate with fac?tus, Lithuanian žvak? (candle).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /faks/, [fäks?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faks/, [f?ks]

Noun

fax f (genitive facis); third declension

  1. torch, firebrand
  2. fireball, comet
  3. cause of ruin, incitement

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • facula

References

  • fax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • fax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fax in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 495

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • væx (early)

Etymology

From Old English feax, from Proto-West Germanic *fahs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faks/

Noun

fax (plural faxes)

  1. The hair of the head.

Derived terms

  • faxwax

Descendants

  • English: fax (obsolete)
  • Scots: fax

References

  • “fax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English fax.

Noun

fax m (plural fax)

  1. (Jersey) fax

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fahs?, from *pe?- (to pluck).

Noun

fax n

  1. a mane

Declension

Descendants

  • Faroese: faks
  • Icelandic: fax
  • Norwegian: faks

References

  • fax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fax in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faks/

Noun

fax m inan

  1. fax

Declension

Synonyms

  • faks, telefaks, telefax

Portuguese

Noun

fax m (plural faxes or fax)

  1. fax (document transmitted by telephone)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fa?s/, [?fa??s]

Noun

fax m (plural fax)

  1. fax

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: facks

Noun

fax c or n

  1. a fax (machine) c
  2. a fax (document) n

Declension

Synonyms

  • telefax

Related terms

References

  • fax in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *va?? (sky; weather). Cognate with Thai ??? (fáa), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (f?), ??? (faa2), Shan ??? (phâ?a) or ??? (fâ?a), Ahom ???????? (pha), ???????? (phaa), ???????????? (phoa), ???????????? (phoaa) or ???????????? (phra).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /fa??/
  • Tone numbers: fa4
  • Hyphenation: fax

Noun

fax (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ????, old orthography fa?)

  1. (dialectal, including Longzhou) sky
    Synonym: mbwn

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