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See also: Fed, FED, -fed, and Fed.

English

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛd
  • IPA(key): /fɛd/

Etymology 1

Clipping of federal.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) A federal government officer or official, especially a FBI, CIA, NSA, ATF, or DEA agent.
    That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!
    1. (Australia, slang) A federal police officer; an officer of the AFP.
  2. (London, Toronto, especially MLE, MTE, slang) A police officer.
    • 2022, 15 March, Kill the Bill protester who led ‘f*** the feds’ chant jailed over police car torching (in Metro newspaper)
      Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.
  3. (Canada, in the plural) The Canadian federal government.
    Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Clipping of federation.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

  1. (weightlifting, colloquial) A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

fed

  1. simple past and past participle of feed
Derived terms

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse feitr (“fat”), from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fed

  1. fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body), obese
  2. fatty, rich
  3. great, smashing, cool
  4. (of a typeface) bold
  5. (nominally, slang) joint
    at ryge en fed
    to smoke a joint (a "fat one")
Inflection
Inflection of fed
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular fed federe fedest2
Indefinite neuter singular fedt federe fedest2
Plural fede federe fedest2
Definite attributive1 fede federe fedeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fit.

Pronunciation

Noun

fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed)

  1. skein
  2. clove
Inflection
Declension of fed
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fed feddet fed feddene
genitive feds feddets feds feddenes

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

fed

  1. imperative of fede

Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of federatie.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to different sources:

  1. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pentɜ- (“to shut, cover”).
  2. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). Likely cognate with Finnish pinne and Udmurt поди (poďi).

Pronunciation

Verb

fed

  1. (transitive) to cover
    See synonyms at Thesaurus:fed.

Conjugation

conjugation of fed
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fedek fedsz fed fedünk fedtek fednek
Def. fedem feded fedi fedjük feditek fedik
2nd-p. o. fedlek ―
Past Indef. fedtem fedtél fedett fedtünk fedtetek fedtek
Def. fedtem fedted fedte fedtük fedtétek fedték
2nd-p. o. fedtelek ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fedni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. fedék fedél fede fedénk fedétek fedének
Def. fedém fedéd fedé fedénk fedétek fedék
2nd-p. o. fedélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fed vala, fedett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. fedendek fedendesz fedend fedendünk fedendetek fedendenek
Def. fedendem fedended fedendi fedendjük fedenditek fedendik
2nd-p. o. fedendelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fednék fednél fedne fednénk fednétek fednének
Def. fedném fednéd fedné fednénk
(or fednők) 		fednétek fednék
2nd-p. o. fednélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fedett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fedjek fedj or
fedjél 		fedjen fedjünk fedjetek fedjenek
Def. fedjem fedd or
fedjed 		fedje fedjük fedjétek fedjék
2nd-p. o. fedjelek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fedett légyen
Infinitive fedni fednem fedned fednie fednünk fednetek fedniük
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
fedés fedő fedett fedendő fedve (fedvén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of fed
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fedhetek fedhetsz fedhet fedhetünk fedhettek fedhetnek
Def. fedhetem fedheted fedheti fedhetjük fedhetitek fedhetik
2nd-p. o. fedhetlek ―
Past Indef. fedhettem fedhettél fedhetett fedhettünk fedhettetek fedhettek
Def. fedhettem fedhetted fedhette fedhettük fedhettétek fedhették
2nd-p. o. fedhettelek ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. fedheték fedhetél fedhete fedheténk fedhetétek fedhetének
Def. fedhetém fedhetéd fedheté fedheténk fedhetétek fedheték
2nd-p. o. fedhetélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. fedhet vala, fedhetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. fedhetendek
or fedandhatok 		fedhetendesz
or fedandhatsz 		fedhetend
or fedandhat 		fedhetendünk
or fedandhatunk 		fedhetendetek
or fedandhattok 		fedhetendenek
or fedandhatnak
Def. fedhetendem
or fedandhatom 		fedhetended
or fedandhatod 		fedhetendi
or fedandhatja 		fedhetendjük
or fedandhatjuk 		fedhetenditek
or fedandhatjátok 		fedhetendik
or fedandhatják
2nd-p. o. fedhetendelek
or fedandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fedhetnék fedhetnél fedhetne fedhetnénk fedhetnétek fedhetnének
Def. fedhetném fedhetnéd fedhetné fedhetnénk
(or fedhetnők) 		fedhetnétek fedhetnék
2nd-p. o. fedhetnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fedhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fedhessek fedhess or
fedhessél 		fedhessen fedhessünk fedhessetek fedhessenek
Def. fedhessem fedhesd or
fedhessed 		fedhesse fedhessük fedhessétek fedhessék
2nd-p. o. fedhesselek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fedhetett légyen
Inf. (fedhetni) (fedhetnem) (fedhetned) (fedhetnie) (fedhetnünk) (fedhetnetek) (fedhetniük)
Positive adjective fedhető Neg. adj. fedhetetlen Adv. part. (fedhetve / fedhetvén)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Expressions

See also

  • fedd (“to chide, reprimand, scold”)

References

  1. ^ Entry #744 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ fed in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  3. ^ Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #754

Further reading

  • fed in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

fed

  1. Alternative form of fede

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

fed (nominative plural feds)

  1. federation

Declension

declension of fed
singular plural
nominative fed feds
genitive feda fedas
dative fede fedes
accusative fedi fedis
vocative 1 o fed! o feds!
predicative 2 fedu fedus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

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