fader

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See also: Fader and fäder

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeɪdə/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪdə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From fade (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

fader (plural faders)

  1. A device used to raise and lower sound volume.
  2. (computer graphics) A program or algorithm for fading out colors.
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Etymology 2

From fade (adjective) +‎ -er.

Adjective

fader

  1. comparative form of fade: more fade

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

fader c (singular definite faderen, plural indefinite fædre)

  1. (now formal) father
  2. A term of address for a Christian priest.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan fadar.

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Verb

fader

  1. (reflexive, informal) to get stuck with

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

fader

  1. comparative degree of fade

Adjective

fader

  1. inflection of fade:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Luxembourgish

Adjective

fader

  1. feminine dative of fad

Middle English

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

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    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfa(ː)dər/, /ˈfaðər/, /ˈfɛ(ː)dər/

    Noun

    fader (plural faders or fadres, genitive fader or faders or fadres)

    1. A father (male direct ancestor of someone or some creature)
    2. An indirect male ancestor (of some being)
    3. The inventor or originator of an idea, nation or lineage.
    4. A spiritual superordinate, teacher, or leader:
      1. A confessor (individual who one offers confessions to);
      2. One of the Church Fathers; an author of patristic writings.
    5. God/Jesus as father (of Jesus, as inventor, or as leader).
    6. An appellation signifying the speaker's inferiority.
    7. (rare) A secular superordinate or leader.
    8. (rare) A member of the Roman senate.
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    Etymology 2

    Verb

    fader

    1. Alternative form of fadren

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

    Noun

    fader m (definite singular faderen, indefinite plural fedre, definite plural fedrene)

    1. father (often in a religious context)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

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    Noun

    fader m (definite singular faderen, indefinite plural fedrar, definite plural fedrane)

    1. (archaic, poetic) father

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    Old English

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

    Old Germanic cognates: Old Frisian feder, Old Saxon fadar, Old Dutch fader, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).

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    Noun

    fader m (nominative plural faderas) (Northumbrian)

    1. Alternative form of fæder

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    Old Frisian

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    fader m

    1. Alternative form of feder

    References

    • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 195

    Polish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from German Vater. Doublet of fater.

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    Noun

    fader m pers (female equivalent mutra)

    1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, derogatory, ethnic slur) German person; Kraut
      Hypernym: Niemiec

    Further reading

    • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “fader”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 301

    Scots

    Noun

    fader (plural faders)

    1. Alternative form of faither

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    Swedish

    Etymology

    From Old Swedish faþir, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

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    Noun

    fader c

    1. (formal) father
    2. father, a term of address for a Christian priest
    3. father, creator
      Darwin - evolutionens fader.
      Darwin - the father of evolution.

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