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6-letter words (4 found)

AFTERS,FASTER,SAFTER,STRAFE,

5-letter words (31 found)

AFTER,ARETS,ASTER,EARST,FARES,FARSE,FARTS,FATES,FEARS,FEART,FEAST,FEATS,FESTA,FETAS,FRATE,FRATS,FRETS,RAFTS,RATES,REAST,RESAT,SAFER,STARE,STEAR,STRAE,TARES,TASER,TEARS,TERAS,TERFS,TREFA,

4-letter words (57 found)

ARES,ARET,ARFS,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EARS,EAST,EATS,EFTS,ERAS,ERST,ETAS,FARE,FARS,FART,FAST,FATE,FATS,FEAR,FEAT,FEST,FETA,FETS,FRAE,FRAS,FRAT,FRET,RAFT,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,REFS,REFT,REST,RETS,SAFE,SAFT,SATE,SEAR,SEAT,SERA,SERF,SETA,STAR,TAES,TARE,TARS,TASE,TEAR,TEAS,TEFS,TERF,TREF,TRES,TSAR,

3-letter words (42 found)

AFT,ARE,ARF,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,EAR,EAS,EAT,EFS,EFT,ERA,ERF,ERS,EST,ETA,FAE,FAR,FAS,FAT,FER,FES,FET,FRA,RAS,RAT,REF,RES,RET,SAE,SAR,SAT,SEA,SER,SET,TAE,TAR,TAS,TEA,TEF,TES,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AR,AS,AT,EA,EF,ER,ES,ET,FA,FE,RE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of faster

faster

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæstɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːstə/
  • Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: fast‧er

Etymology 1

fast (“quick; quickly”) +‎ -er.

Adjective

faster

  1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Adverb

faster

  1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Etymology 2

fast (“refrain from eating”) +‎ -er.

Noun

faster (plural fasters)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. a paternal aunt

Etymology 2

Noun

faster c

  1. indefinite plural of faste

Verb

faster

  1. 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)

  1. a paternal aunt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

faster f

  1. indefinite plural of faste
  2. (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

  1. fast, firm

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: fast

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse fǫðursystir.

Pronunciation

Noun

faster c

  1. paternal aunt

Declension

See also

  • moster

References

  • faster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • faster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • faster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • festar, safter

Source: wiktionary.org