fair

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɛə/, /fɛː/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /fɜː(ɹ)/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /feɹ/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /fɛɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /feː/ (New Zealand) (without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /feə/ (cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /fiə/ Homophones: fare, fear (cheer–chair merger), fir (fair–fur merger), fur (fair–fur merger) Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“suitable, fitting, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with Scots fayr, fare (“fair”), Danish feir, faver, fager (“fair, pretty”), Norwegian fager (“fair, pretty”), Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Umbrian pacer (“gracious, merciful, kind”), Slovak pekný (“good-looking, handsome, nice”). See also peace. ==== Adjective ==== fair (comparative fairer, superlative fairest) (original sense, archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality. Synonyms: beautiful, pretty, lovely Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. Synonyms: pure, clean, neat 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, London, Observation 21, “Of Moss, and several other small vegetative Substances,” p. 135,[2] […] I have observ’d, that putting fair Water (whether Rain-water or Pump-water, or May-dew, or Snow-water, it was almost all one) I have often observ’d, I say, that this Water would, with a little standing, tarnish and cover all about the sides of the Glass that lay under water, with a lovely green […] Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair. Synonym: pale Antonym: swarthy Just. Synonyms: honest, equitable, rightful Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent. Synonyms: OK, okay (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course. Favorable, pleasant. Not overcast; cloudless; clear. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc. (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. (baseball) Between the baselines. (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player. (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball. (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → German: fair → Hebrew: פייר → Macedonian: фер (fer) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: фер Latin script: fer ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== fair (plural fair) Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty. A fair woman; a sweetheart. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck. ==== Verb ==== fair (third-person singular simple present fairs, present participle fairing, simple past and past participle faired) (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface). (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members). (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness. (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance. (transitive, obsolete) To make fair or beautiful. (intransitive, of weather) To become fair (favorable, not stormy). For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fair. ===== Synonyms ===== (to reduce air drag or water resistance): to streamline ===== Derived terms ===== fair off fair up fairing ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== fair (comparative more fair or fairer, superlative most fair or fairest) Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably. (Ireland) Almost; to a great extent but not literally. ===== Derived terms ===== bid fair fair and square === Etymology 2 === From Middle English feyre, from Old French foire, from Latin fēriae. ==== Noun ==== fair (plural fairs) A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === “fair”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. fair in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fair”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === RIFA, fiar, rifa- == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛːr/ Hyphenation: fair === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English fair, from Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer, from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz. ==== Adjective ==== fair (comparative fairder, superlative fairst) (colloquial, higher register) fair (just, honest, equitable, adequate) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English fair, from Middle English feyre, from Old French foire, from Latin fēriae. ==== Noun ==== fair m (plural fairs, no diminutive) a fair (social event, type of market) Synonyms: braderie, jaarmarkt (rare) a funfair, carnival Synonyms: foor, kermis ===== Related terms ===== foor == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English fair in the 19th century, from Old English fæġer, from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, whence also Middle High German vager (“splendid, wonderful”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛːr/, [fɛːɐ̯], [feːɐ̯], [fɛɐ̯] Hyphenation: fair === Adjective === fair (strong nominative masculine singular fairer, comparative fairer, superlative am fairsten) (especially sports) fair (just, honest, equitable, adequate) Synonyms: anständig, ehrlich, gerecht, gleich, ausgeglichen, angemessen, sauber Antonym: unfair ein faires Spiel ― an honest game, a fairly played game ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Fairness (rarely Fairheit) Fairplay Fair-Use-Doktrin === Further reading === “fair” in Duden online “fair” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French faire. === Verb === fair (Saint-Domingue) to do Ly doi fair nion l'autre quichoy avant cila là. ― He should do another thing before that one. ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: fè === References === S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue]‎[4] (in French), Paris == Hungarian == === Etymology === From English fair. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛr], [ˈfɛːr] Hyphenation: fair Rhymes: -ɛr === Adjective === fair (comparative fairebb, superlative legfairebb) fair (just, equitable) Synonyms: méltányos, tisztességes, becsületes, igazságos, korrekt, sportszerű ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === fair in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. fair in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == Irish == === Etymology === See aire (“watching, attention”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fˠaɾʲ] === Verb === fair (present analytic faireann, future analytic fairfidh, verbal noun faire, past participle fairthe) to watch ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === foir === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɸaɾʲ/ === Pronoun === fair third-person singular masculine/neuter accusative of for == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English fair. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛr/ Rhymes: -ɛr Syllabification: fair === Adjective === fair (not comparable, no derived adverb) fair (just, equitable) Synonym: uczciwy ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable. === Adverb === fair (not comparable) fairly (in a fair manner) Synonym: uczciwie ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === fair in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN fair in Polish dictionaries at PWN