haste

== English == === Etymology === Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adjective), Old Norse heift / heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heɪst/ Rhymes: -eɪst === Noun === haste (usually uncountable, plural hastes) Speed; swiftness; dispatch. (obsolete) Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === haste (third-person singular simple present hastes, present participle hasting, simple past and past participle hasted) (transitive, archaic) To urge onward; to hasten. (intransitive, archaic) To move with haste. ==== Synonyms ==== (move with haste): hurry, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Anagrams === ashet, haets, hates, heast, heats, hetas, sateh, sheat == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /has̺te/ [has̺.t̪e] IPA(key): (Southern) /as̺te/ [as̺.t̪e] Rhymes: -as̺te, -e Hyphenation: has‧te === Noun === haste inan Verbal noun of hasi (“to begin”); beginning Synonyms: hasiera, hastapen ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “haste”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “haste”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦastɛ] Rhymes: -astɛ === Verb === haste (imperative) second-person plural imperative of hasit == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaste/ Rhymes: -aste Syllabification: has‧te === Adverb === haste hastily == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhastə/ Hyphenation: has‧te Homophone: hasste === Verb === haste inflection of hasten: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative === Contraction === haste (colloquial) contraction of hast +‎ du == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French haste. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑːtə/ === Noun === haste f (plural hastes) haste, speed ==== Descendants ==== French: hâte == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === haste (present tense hastar, past tense hasta, past participle hasta, passive infinitive hastast, present participle hastande, imperative haste/hast) alternative form of hasta == Old French == === Alternative forms === hast, ast === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence, haste”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“conflict, struggle”). === Pronunciation === (classical) IPA(key): /ˈhastə/ (late) IPA(key): /ˈhaːtə/ === Noun === haste oblique singular, f (oblique plural hastes, nominative singular haste, nominative plural hastes) urgency, haste, speed ==== Derived terms ==== haster hasteier hastece, hastance hastif ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: haste French: hâte Walloon: hausse (Forrières), håsse (Liégeois) → Middle Dutch: haest, haeste, haste, hast (reborrowing) Dutch: haast Afrikaans: haas → West Flemish: hoast → Middle Low German: hāst → Danish: hast → Norwegian Bokmål: hast → Norwegian Nynorsk: hast → German: Hast → Swedish: hast → Middle English: haste, hast English: haste === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === From hasta. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: has‧te === Noun === haste f (plural hastes) pole (botany) stem, stalk ==== Derived terms ==== hastear === Further reading === “haste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “haste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026