fader

See also: Fader and fäder

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪdə(ɹ)/
- Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪdə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English fade

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English fader

From fade (verb) + -er.

Noun

fader (plural faders)

A device used to raise and lower sound volume.
(computer graphics) A program or algorithm for fading out colors.

Derived terms

Translations

a device used to raise and lower sound volume

Esperanto: ŝovregilo
German: Lautstärkeregler (de) m, Schieberegler m
Polish: tłumik nastawny m
Russian: фейдер (ru) m (fejder)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English fade

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Germanic *-izô

Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō

Proto-Germanic *-ōzô

Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō

Old English -ra

Middle English -ere

English -er

English fader

From fade (adjective) + -er.

Adjective

fader

comparative form of fade: more fade

Anagrams

Defra, Freda, fared, fear'd, feard

Asturian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faˈdeɾ/ [faˈð̞eɾ]

Verb

fader

(Western, dialectal) alternative form of facer

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish fathær, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

fader c (singular definite faderen, plural indefinite fædre)

(now formal) father
A term of address for a Christian priest.

Declension

Declension of *fader*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fader	faderen	fædre	fædrene
genitive	faders	faderens	fædres	fædrenes

Synonyms

far

Derived terms

fædreland (home country)

References

“fader” in Den Danske Ordbog
“fader” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan fadar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fa.de/
Audio: (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Audio (France (Agen)): (file)

Verb

fader

(reflexive, informal) to get stuck with

Conjugation

Conjugation of se fader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	s'être + past participle
infinitive	simple	se fader
present participle or gerund¹	simple	se fadant /sə fa.dɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		fadé /fa.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me fade /mə fad/	te fades /tə fad/	se fade /sə fad/	nous fadons /nu fa.dɔ̃/	vous fadez /vu fa.de/	se fadent /sə fad/
	imperfect	me fadais /mə fa.dɛ/	te fadais /tə fa.dɛ/	se fadait /sə fa.dɛ/	nous fadions /nu fa.djɔ̃/	vous fadiez /vu fa.dje/	se fadaient /sə fa.dɛ/
	past historic²	me fadai /mə fa.de/	te fadas /tə fa.da/	se fada /sə fa.da/	nous fadâmes /nu fa.dam/	vous fadâtes /vu fa.dat/	se fadèrent /sə fa.dɛʁ/
	future	me faderai /mə fa.dʁe/	te faderas /tə fa.dʁa/	se fadera /sə fa.dʁa/	nous faderons /nu fa.dʁɔ̃/	vous faderez /vu fa.dʁe/	se faderont /sə fa.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me faderais /mə fa.dʁɛ/	te faderais /tə fa.dʁɛ/	se faderait /sə fa.dʁɛ/	nous faderions /nu fa.də.ʁjɔ̃/	vous faderiez /vu fa.də.ʁje/	se faderaient /sə fa.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me fade /mə fad/	te fades /tə fad/	se fade /sə fad/	nous fadions /nu fa.djɔ̃/	vous fadiez /vu fa.dje/	se fadent /sə fad/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	me fadasse /mə fa.das/	te fadasses /tə fa.das/	se fadât /sə fa.da/	nous fadassions /nu fa.da.sjɔ̃/	vous fadassiez /vu fa.da.sje/	se fadassent /sə fa.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	fade-toi /fad.twa/	—	fadons-nous /fa.dɔ̃.nu/	fadez-vous /fa.de.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

German

Pronunciation

Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Adjective

fader

comparative degree of fade

Adjective

fader

inflection of fade:
1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
3. strong genitive plural

Luxembourgish

Adjective

fader

feminine dative of fad

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Alternative forms

fadir, fadur, fadyr, ffader
faðer, fæder (Early Middle English); faþer, father, ffadere (Late Middle English); feader (AB language); faderr (Ormulum)
feder, vader, veder (Kent, Southern, Southwest Midland)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfadər/, /ˈfaːdər/
IPA^(key): /ˈfaðər/, /ˈfaːðər/ (Late Middle English)
IPA^(key): /ˈvadər/, /ˈvaːdər/ (Kent, Southern, Southwest Midland)

Noun

fader (plural fadres, genitive singular fader or fadres)

A father (male direct ancestor of someone or some creature)
An indirect male ancestor (of some being)
The inventor or originator of an idea, nation or lineage.
A spiritual superordinate, teacher, or leader:
1. A confessor (individual who one offers confessions to);
2. One of the Church Fathers; an author of patristic writings.
God/Jesus as father (of Jesus, as inventor, or as leader).
An appellation signifying the speaker's inferiority.
(rare) A secular superordinate or leader.
(rare) A member of the Roman senate.

Related terms

Descendants

English: father
- → Marshallese: bata
- Gullah: farruh
Scots: faither, fader, faether, faider, father, fither
Yola: vather

References

“fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 February 2019.
p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Etymology 2

Verb

fader

alternative form of fadren

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

fader m (definite singular faderen, indefinite plural fedre, definite plural fedrene)

father (often in a religious context)

Synonyms

far

References

“fader” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²faːer/, [²fɐ̞ː.ər], [²fɐ̞ː.er]
IPA^(key): /²faːder/, [²fɐ̞ː.dər], [²fɐ̞ː.der] (literary pronunciation)
Rhymes: -aːer, -aːder
Hyphenation: fa‧der

Noun

fader m (definite singular faderen, indefinite plural fedrar, definite plural fedrane)

(archaic, poetic) father

Declension

Landsmål declension of *fader* (strong consonant-stem)
masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fader	faderen	feder	federne
dative	―	fadere	―	fedrom
compound-genitive	faders	―	fedre	―

Synonyms

far
pappa

References

“fader” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Old Germanic cognates: Old Frisian feder, Old Saxon fadar, Old Dutch fader, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɑ.der/

Noun

fader m (nominative plural faderas) (Northumbrian)

alternative form of fæder

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	fader	faderas
accusative	fader	faderas
genitive	fader	fadera
dative	fader	faderum

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfader/

Noun

fader m

alternative form of feder

References

Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 195

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr

Proto-Germanic *fadēr

Proto-West Germanic *fader

Old High German fater

Middle High German vater

German Vaterbor.

Polish fader

Borrowed from German Vater. Doublet of fater.

Pronunciation

(Greater Poland):
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈfa.dɛr]

Noun

fader m pers (female equivalent mutra)

(Chełmno-Dobrzyń, derogatory, ethnic slur) German person; Kraut
Hypernym: Niemiec

Scots

Noun

fader (plural faders)

alternative form of faither

References

“fader, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
“fader, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish faþir, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²fɑːdɛr/, [ˈfɑːdɛ̠r]
Audio: (file)

Noun

fader c

(formal) father
father, a term of address for a Christian priest
father, creator
Darwin - evolutionens fader.
Darwin - the father of evolution.

Declension

Declension of **fader**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fader	faders
singular	definite	fadern	faderns
plural	indefinite	fäder	fäders
plural	definite	fäderna	fädernas

Synonyms

Derived terms

Allfader
anfader
Fader
Fader Himmel
faderlig
faderlös
fadermord
fadermördare
fadersarv
fadersbild
fadersbunden
fadersfigur
fadersgestalt
fadershand
fadershem
fadershjärta
fadershus
faderskap
faderskomplex
faderskänsla
faderskärlek
fadersnamn
fadersroll
fadersstolthet
fadervår
far
farfader
fäderne
Himlafader
morfader
styvfader
ökenfader

References

“fader”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“fader”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“fader”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

deraf, freda

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

Anagrams

Asturian

Pronunciation

Verb

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

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References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

Adjective

Luxembourgish

Adjective

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Descendants

References

Etymology 2

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

References

Old English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Scots

Noun

References

Swedish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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References