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== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæstɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːstə/ Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ) Hyphenation: fast‧er === Etymology 1 === From fast (“quick; quickly”) +‎ -er. ==== Adjective ==== faster comparative form of fast: more fast ==== Adverb ==== faster comparative form of fast: more fast === Etymology 2 === From 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 fǫðursystir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fastər/, [ˈfasd̥ɐ] === Noun === faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre) paternal aunt (one's father's sister) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== tante === References === “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog == Elfdalian == === Etymology === From Old Norse fǫðursystir. Cognate with Swedish faster. === Noun === faster f paternal aunt ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”). ==== Noun ==== faster f or m (definite singular fasteren or fastra, indefinite plural fastrer or fastre, definite plural fastrene) a paternal aunt === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== faster c indefinite plural of faste ==== Verb ==== faster present of faste == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse fǫðursystir 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 corresponding lemma form. ==== 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 fǫðursystir. === Pronunciation === === Noun === faster c paternal aunt ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== moster === References === “faster”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “faster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “faster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === festar, safter