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English

Adjective

faire

1. Obsolete spelling of fair

Noun

faire (plural faires)

1. Obsolete spelling of fair

Usage notes

Sometimes used deliberately to convey an archaic feeling, e.g. "Renaissance faire"

Anagrams

• Arfie, Feria, Freia, afire, feria, rafie

French

Etymology

From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, feire, fere, from Vulgar Latin *fare, elided form of Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?, from Proto-Italic *faki?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”). The past historic and imperfect subjunctive stem fi- (fis, fis, fit, ...) originate from Latin irregular perfect stem f?c- (f?c?), from faci?, with Romance metaphony rules.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• Homophones: fer, fers

Verb

faire

1. (transitive) to do

2. (transitive) to make

3. (transitive) to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)

4. (transitive) to make (cause someone or something to do something)

5. (impersonal) To be (of the weather or various situations).

6. (reflexive) to do, to make (oneself)

7. (reflexive, followed by an infinitive) to be, to get (used for a passive action)

8. (reflexive) to ripen (of fruit), to mature
9. (reflexive, ~ à) to become used to, to get used to
10. (slang, reflexive, transitive) to do (to have sex with)
11. (reflexive) to become, to get

Usage notes

• When it is followed by an infinitive, the past participle fait is invariable.

  Elle s'est fait comprendre, not *elle s'est faite comprendre.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Pages starting with “faire”.

Pages starting with “se_faire”.

Related terms

Further reading

• “faire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ferai, féria, fiera, fraie

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

faire

1. inflection of fair:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?a???/

Noun

faire f (genitive singular faire, nominative plural fairí)

1. verbal noun of fair
2. watch (act of guarding)
3. wake (period after death)

   Synonym: tórramh

Declension

Derived terms

• túr faire (“watch-tower”)

Verb

faire

1. present subjunctive analytic of fair

Mutation

Further reading

• "faire" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “faire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “faire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fair

Adjective

faire

1. fair; handsome; beautiful; attractive

Descendants

• English: fair

Middle French

Alternative forms

• fayre
• feire
• fere

Etymology

From Old French faire, feire, fere, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do
2. to make
3. to choose; to elect

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: faire

Norman

Alternative forms

• faithe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French faire, from Latin faci?, facere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”).

Verb

faire

1. (Guernsey) to make, do

Derived terms

• faire câod (“to be warm (out)”)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• far
• fer
• har (Gascon)
• hèser (Gascony)

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do
2. to make

Conjugation

Old French

Alternative forms

• fere
• feire

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: faire

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

faire f (genitive singular faire, plural fairean)

1. watch (the act or period of watching or guarding)

Derived terms

• facal-faire
• faireil
• taigh-faire

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• (US) IPA^(key): /f?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Old English font, an early borrowing from Latin f?ns, fontis (“fountain”).

Noun

font (plural fonts)

1. (Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

   Synonym: stoup

   Hyponym: baptismal font
2. A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
3. (figuratively) Spring, source, fountain.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).

Alternative forms

• fount (UK)

Noun

font (plural fonts)

1. (typography) A set of glyphs of unified design, belonging to one typeface (e.g., Helvetica), style (e.g., italic), and weight (e.g., bold). Usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters.
   1. In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.
   2. In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.
   3. In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
2. (computing) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• Thai: ????? (f??n)

Verb

font (third-person singular simple present fonts, present participle fonting, simple past and past participle fonted)

1. (television, colloquial, transitive) To overlay (text) on the picture.
   • 1981, William Safire, On language (page 78)

     When figures or quotes are thought helpful to understanding a spot, they're "fonted" over the cover picture.

   • 1987, The Foundation Center, Promoting issues & ideas: a guide to public relations for nonprofit organizations (page 97)

     […] character generator instead of an easel card to create letters on camera or telephone numbers that can run across the TV screen. The process is called fonting.

References

• “font” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Bringhurst, Robert (2002). The Elements of Typographic Style, version 2.5, pp 291–2. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks. ?ISBN.

Etymology 3

Apparently from fount, with influence from the senses above (under etymology 1).

Noun

font (plural fonts)

1. (figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.
   • 1824 — George Gordon, Lord Byron, Don Juan, canto V

     A gaudy taste; for they are little skill'd in
     The arts of which these lands were once the font

   • 1910 — Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, part II

     As I am not drawing here on the font of imagination to refresh that of fact and experience, I do not suggest that the Tarot set the example of expressing Secret Doctrine in pictures and that it was followed by Hermetic writers; but it is noticeable that it is perhaps the earliest example of this art.

   • 1915 — Woodrow Wilson, Third State of the Union Address

     I am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now because unless you take it within your view and permit the full significance of it to command your thought I cannot find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very font of my whole thought as I address you to-day.

Translations

Further reading

• font on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• holy water font on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• baptismal font on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan font, from Latin fons, fontem, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Noun

font m (plural fonts)

1. fountain
2. source (of water)
3. source (origin)
4. (journalism) source

Synonyms

(fountain): fontana

Derived terms

• codi font
• codi font obert

Related terms

• fontaner
• fontaneria
• fontinyol

Further reading

• “font” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

font

1. third-person plural present indicative of faire

Friulian

Alternative forms

• fonz

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

font m (plural fonts)

1. bottom
2. background
3. landed property, farm
4. fund

Related terms

• profont

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?font]
• Hyphenation: font
• Rhymes: -ont

Etymology 1

From German Pfund, from Latin pondo.

Noun

font (plural fontok)

1. pound (weight)
2. pound (currency unit)

   Synonym: font sterling

Declension

Derived terms

• fontol
• fontos

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of fondre (“to melt”), from Latin fund? (“I melt”).

Noun

font (plural fontok)

1. (typography) digital font (set of glyphs of unified design contained in a computer file)

Declension

Etymology 3

From the verb fon +? -t.

Verb

font

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of fon

Participle

font

1. past participle of fon

   Synonym: (in certain senses) fonott

Declension

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fons, via Old Norse fontr (sense 1), and French fonte, via English font (sense 2)

Noun

font m (definite singular fonten, indefinite plural fonter, definite plural fontene)

1. a baptismal font
2. (typography) font, or fount (UK)

References

• “font” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fons, via Old Norse fontr (sense 1), and French fonte, via English font (sense 2)

Noun

font m (definite singular fonten, indefinite plural fontar, definite plural fontane)

1. a baptismal font
2. (typography) font, or fount (UK)

References

• “font” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?nt/

Noun

font m inan

1. (computing) font (computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs)

Declension

Further reading

• font in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• font in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

font c

1. (typography) a font

Usage notes

• The synonym teckensnitt is considered more correct.

Declension

Synonyms

• teckensnitt