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fetch
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: f?ch, IPA(key): /f?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Etymology 1
The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English fe??an, fæ??an, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, f?cian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fat?n?, *fatjan? (“to hold, seize; to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). The English word is cognate with Dutch vatten (“to apprehend, catch; to grasp; to understand”), English fet (“(obsolete) to fetch”), Faroese fata (“to grasp, understand”), Swedish fatta (“to grasp, understand”), German fassen (“to catch, grasp; to capture, seize”), Icelandic feta (“to go, step”), West Frisian fetsje (“to grasp”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Verb
fetch (third-person singular simple present fetches, present participle fetching, simple past and past participle fetched)
- To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- 1611 King James Bible, 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12
- He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- When they got home, the Rat made a bright fire in the parlour, and planted the Mole in an arm-chair in front of it, having fetched down a dressing-gown and slippers for him, and told him river stories till supper-time.
- 1611 King James Bible, 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12
- To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- (nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- (intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
- (rare, literary) To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)
- To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
- 1879, William Barnes, A Witch
- They couldn't fetch the butter in the churn.
- 1879, William Barnes, A Witch
- (obsolete) To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.
- To reduce; to throw.
- 1692, Robert South, sermon 28
- The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.
- 1692, Robert South, sermon 28
- (archaic) To accomplish; to achieve; to perform, with certain objects or actions.
- 1631, Ben Jonsons, Chloridia
- Ixion […] turn'd dancer, does nothing but cut capreols, fetch friskals, and leads lavaltoes
- 1692, Robert South, sermon 28
- He fetches his blow quick and sure.
- 1631, Ben Jonsons, Chloridia
- (nautical, transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- fatch, fotch (dialectal)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fetch (plural fetches)
- (also figuratively) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
- (computing, specifically) An act of fetching data.
- (computing, specifically) An act of fetching data.
- The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
- A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
- Synonyms: contrivance, dodge
- 1665, Robert South, "Jesus of Nazareth proved the true and only promised Messiah", in Twelve Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, Volume 3, 6th Edition, 1727:
- Every little fetch of wit and criticism.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 29:
- And as to your cant of living single, nobody will believe you. This is one of your fetches to avoid complying with your duty […].
Interjection
fetch
- (Utah) Minced oath for fuck
References
- 20 Things Only Utahns Will Understand And Appreciate
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested:
- From fetch-life (“(obsolete, rare) a deity, spirit, etc., who guides the soul of a dead person to the afterlife; a psychopomp”).
- From the supposed Old English *fæcce (“evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; a mare”).
- From Old Irish fáith (“seer, soothsayer”).
Noun
fetch (plural fetches)
- (originally Ireland, dialectal) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”). [from 18th c.]
Derived terms
- fetch candle
Translations
References
Further reading
- fetch (folklore) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- fetch (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Fecht
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firn
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Firn, from Alemannic German firn (“last year's”), from Old High German firni (“old”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *firnijaz, *fernaz (“foregoing, previous”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, forward, across, through”); cognate with Old English fyrn (“former”), Old Norse forn (“old”), and Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (fairneis, “old”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /f??n/
Noun
firn (countable and uncountable, plural firns)
- A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snow-cone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.
- Synonym: névé
Derived terms
- firnification
Translations
Further reading
- firn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- NIRF
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?rn]
- Hyphenation: firn
Noun
firn m inan
- firn
Declension
Further reading
- firn in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- firn in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
German
Etymology
From Middle High German virne, from Old High German firni, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f??n]
Adjective
firn (comparative firner, superlative am firnsten)
- (wine) aged
Declension
Related terms
- Firn
- Firne
Further reading
- “firn” in Duden online
- “firn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “firn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [firn]
Noun
firn m (genitive singular firnu, nominative plural firny, genitive plural firnov, declension pattern of dub)
- firn
Declension
References
- firn in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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