faste

== Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastǭ (“fast”), cognate with German Fasten. Like the verb, derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈfæːsd̥ə] Rhymes: -aːstə ==== Noun ==== faste c (singular definite fasten, plural indefinite faster) fast (abstain from food) (Christianity) Lent (period before Easter) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną (“to fast”). Cognate with English fast and German fasten. Derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈfæːsd̥ə] Rhymes: -aːstə ==== Verb ==== faste (imperative fast, infinitive at faste, present tense faster, past tense fastede, perfect tense har fastet) to fast (to go without food) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈfasd̥ə] Rhymes: -astə ==== Adjective ==== faste plural of fast == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fāstus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fast/ === Noun === faste m (plural fastes) splendour; pomp [since 1540] ==== Usage notes ==== The plural is uncommon. ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === faste (plural fastes) auspicious, lucky [since 1946] Antonym: néfaste (historical, relational) of dies fasti, days of the Roman calendar in which public business was conducted [isolated example in c. 1380; continuously since 1838] === Further reading === “faste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === fêtas == German == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfastə/ Hyphenation: fas‧te Homophone: fasste ==== Verb ==== faste inflection of fasten: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfaːstə/ Hyphenation: fas‧te ==== Verb ==== faste inflection of fasen: first/third-person singular preterite first/third-person singular subjunctive II == Latin == === Noun === fāste vocative singular of fāstus === References === "faste", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== faste definite singular of fast plural of fast === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse fasta. ==== Noun ==== faste f or m (definite singular fasta or fasten, indefinite plural faster, definite plural fastene) a fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food) ==== Verb ==== faste (imperative fast, present tense faster, simple past and past participle fasta or fastet) to fast (abstain from food and drink for a certain period) === References === “faste” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== faste definite singular of fast plural of fast === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse fasta. ==== Noun ==== faste f (definite singular fasta, indefinite plural faster, definite plural fastene) a fast (as above) === References === “faste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Plautdietsch == === Verb === faste to fast == Spanish == === Verb === faste second-person singular preterite indicative of far == Swedish == === Adjective === faste definite natural masculine singular of fast === Anagrams === festa