fester

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English festre, festur, borrowed from Old French festre (cognate with Italian fistola, Occitan fistola, Spanish fístula), from Latin fistula. The verb is derived from the noun, while the “condition of something that festers” noun sense is derived from the verb. Doublet of fistula. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛstə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɛstɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ) Hyphenation: fes‧ter === Noun === fester (plural festers) (pathology, obsolete) A fistula. (pathology) A sore or an ulcer of the skin. The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment. === Verb === fester (third-person singular simple present festers, present participle festering, simple past and past participle festered) (intransitive) To become septic; to become rotten. Synonyms: putrefy, rot, decay, decompose (intransitive, figurative) To worsen, especially due to lack of attention. (transitive) To cause to fester or rankle. c. 1599–1600, John Marston, Antonios Reuenge. The Second Part. As it hath beene Sundry Times Acted, by the Children of Paules, London: Printed [by Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde [by Matthew Lownes] in Saint Dunstans Church-yarde, published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene i; republished in J[ames] O[rchard] Halliwell, editor, The Works of John Marston. Reprinted from the Original Editions. With Notes, and some Account of His Life and Writings. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: John Russell Smith, Soho Square, 1856, →OCLC, page 74: For which I burnt in inward sweltring hate, / And festred rankling malice in my breast, / Till I might belke revenge upon his eyes: […] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Freets, efters, freest, freets == Catalan == === Etymology === From festa +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [fəsˈte̞] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [fəsˈte] IPA(key): (Valencia) [fesˈteɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [fesˈte] === Adjective === fester (feminine festera, masculine plural festers, feminine plural festeres) festive Synonym: festiu party-loving Synonym: festós === Noun === fester m (plural festers, feminine festera, feminine plural festeres) partygoer Synonym: festaire === Noun === fester m (plural festers) torchiere Synonym: teiera === Further reading === “fester”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Danish == === Noun === fester c indefinite plural of fest === Verb === fester present of feste == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛstɐ === Adjective === fester inflection of fest: strong/mixed nominative masculine singular strong genitive/dative feminine singular strong genitive plural == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === fester m indefinite plural of fest === Verb === fester present of feste == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse festr, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *fastuz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /¹fɛstər/ ==== Noun ==== fester f (definite singular festra or festri, indefinite plural festrer, definite plural festrene) rope to moor boats with ===== Related terms ===== fast (“fast, firm”) fest (“betrothal”) -fest (“place to moor boats”, used in place names) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== fester f indefinite plural of fest === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fester present tense of feste (“to fasten”) == Swedish == === Noun === fester indefinite plural of fest