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English

Noun

fas

1. plural of fa

Anagrams

• AFS, AFs, FSA, SAF, SFA, asf

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fas/
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

fas

1. plural of fa

Verb

fas

1. second-person singular present indicative form of fer

Galician

Etymology 1

Verb

fas

1. second-person singular present indicative of facer

Etymology 2

Noun

fas m pl

1. plural of fa

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Verb

fas

1. singular imperative of fasen

Hlai

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai) IPA^(key): /fa?/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hlai *f?a?? (“sky”), from Pre-Hlai *fa?? (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *va?? (“sky; weather”) (whence Thai ??? (fáa)).

Noun

fas

1. sky

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hlai *C-wa?? (“sour”), from Pre-Hlai *C-wa?? (Norquest, 2015).

Adjective

fas

1. sour

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?s/

  Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

fas n (genitive singular fass, no plural)

1. deportment, manner

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fas]
• Hyphenation: fas
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

fas (first-person possessive fasku, second-person possessive fasmu, third-person possessive fasnya)

1. Alternative spelling of vas (“vase”)

Jamaican Creole

Adjective

fas

1. Alternative spelling of fast.

Latin

Alternative forms

• ph?s (medieval)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?os (“utterance, saying”), a derivative of the root *b?eh?- (“to speak”) whence also Latin for, f?r?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fa?s/, [fä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fas/, [f?s]

Noun

f?s n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. (uncountable) dictates of religion, divine law (opp. i?s, human law), or an obligation thereunder

   hoc contra ius fasque est

   this is against law and divine law

   • Corpus Reformatorum, volume 38, page 235:

     Itaque si fas non est patris, vel filii, patrui vel nepotis uxorem habere in matrimonio, unum et idem de fratris uxore sentire convenit: de qua similis prorsus lex uno contextu et tenore perlata est.

     And so if divine law is that the father, or the son, the uncle or the nephew are not to have a wife in marriage, it comes together as one and the same thing about the brother's wife: from which a similar law is conveyed by means of connecting and grasping [a pattern].

2. (uncountable) the will of God; a predetermined destiny
   • Aeneid I.206:

     illic fas regna resurgere Troiae.

     There it is divine will that the kingdom of Troy shall rise again.

Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular., singular only.

Derived terms

• f?stus
• nef?s

References

• fas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• fas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fas in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 203

Middle English

Noun

fas

1. Alternative form of fass

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?fas/

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vëst?.

Adverb

fas

1. again, once more
2. on the other hand

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fas

1. imperative of fase

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/

Noun

fas n

1. Alternative form of fæs

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

fas c

1. a phase, a time period
2. a phase (angular difference in periodic waves)

   i fas, ur fas

   in phase, out of phase

3. a sloping edge

Declension

Related terms

• fasa
• fasett

References

• fas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?s/

Noun

fas

1. Soft mutation of bas.

Mutation

Adverb

fas

1. Soft mutation of mas.

Mutation

Wolof

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (faras).

Pronunciation

Noun

fas (definite form fas wi)

1. horse

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?), Lü ??? (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