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faster
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fæst?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??st?/
- Rhymes: -æst?(?), -??st?(?)
- Hyphenation: fast?er
Etymology 1
fast (“quick; quickly”) +? -er.
Adjective
faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Adverb
faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Etymology 2
fast (“refrain from eating”) +? -er.
Noun
faster (plural fasters)
- 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 f?ðursystir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fast?r/, [?fasd??]
Noun
faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)
- paternal aunt (one's father's sister)
Inflection
Hypernyms
- tante
References
- “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse f?ðursystir. Cognate with Swedish faster.
Noun
faster f
- paternal aunt
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
faster m or f
- indefinite plural of faste
Verb
faster
- present of faste
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse f?ðursystir 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)
- a paternal aunt
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
faster f
- indefinite plural of faste
- (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
- fast, firm
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: fast
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse f?ðursystir.
Pronunciation
Noun
faster c
- paternal aunt
Declension
See also
- moster
Anagrams
- festar, safter
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slower
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sl???/
- (US) IPA(key): /?slo??/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
Etymology 1
Adjective
slower
- comparative form of slow: more slow
Adverb
slower
- comparative form of slow: more slow
Etymology 2
slow +? -er
Noun
slower (plural slowers)
- That which slows.
Derived terms
- Zeeman slower
Anagrams
- Lowers, low-res, lowers, owlers, rowels
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