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Fader
Fa′der
,Noun.
Father.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Definition 2024
Fader
fader
fader
English
Noun
fader (plural faders)
- A device used to control sound volume.
Derived terms
Adjective
fader
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).
Noun
fader c (singular definite faderen, plural indefinite fædre)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- fædreland (home country)
Inflection
Inflection of fader
See also
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Occitan [Term?]?
Verb
fader
- (reflexive, informal) to get stuck with
Conjugation
Conjugation of se fader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | se fader | s'être fadé | |||||
| gerund | en se fadant | en s'étant fadé | |||||
| present participle | se fadant /sə‿.fa.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fadé /fa.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me fade /mə‿.fad/ |
te fades /tə‿.fad/ |
se fade /sə‿.fad/ |
nous fadons /nu‿.fa.dɔ̃/ |
vous fadez /vu‿.fa.de/ |
se fadent /sə‿.fad/ |
| imperfect | me fadais /mə‿.fa.dɛ/ |
te fadais /tə‿.fa.dɛ/ |
se fadait /sə‿.fa.dɛ/ |
nous fadions /nu‿.fa.djɔ̃/ |
vous fadiez /vu‿.fa.dje/ |
se fadaient /sə‿.fa.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | me fadai /mə‿.fa.de/ |
te fadas /tə‿.fa.da/ |
se fada /sə‿.fa.da/ |
nous fadâmes /nu‿.fa.dam/ |
vous fadâtes /vu‿.fa.dat/ |
se fadèrent /sə‿.fa.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | me faderai /mə‿.fa.dʁe/ |
te faderas /tə‿.fa.dʁa/ |
se fadera /sə‿.fa.dʁa/ |
nous faderons /nu‿.fa.dʁɔ̃/ |
vous faderez /vu‿.fa.dʁe/ |
se faderont /sə‿.fa.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | me faderais /mə‿.fa.dʁɛ/ |
te faderais /tə‿.fa.dʁɛ/ |
se faderait /sə‿.fa.dʁɛ/ |
nous faderions /nu‿.fa.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous faderiez /vu‿.fa.də.ʁje/ |
se faderaient /sə‿.fa.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me fade /mə‿.fad/ |
te fades /tə‿.fad/ |
se fade /sə‿.fad/ |
nous fadions /nu‿.fa.djɔ̃/ |
vous fadiez /vu‿.fa.dje/ |
se fadent /sə‿.fad/ |
| imperfect1 |
me fadasse /mə‿.fa.das/ |
te fadasses /tə‿.fa.das/ |
se fadât /sə‿.fa.da/ |
nous fadassions /nu‿.fa.da.sjɔ̃/ |
vous fadassiez /vu‿.fa.da.sje/ |
se fadassent /sə‿.fa.das/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fade-toi /fad.‿twa/ |
— | fadons-nous /fa.dɔ̃.‿nu/ |
fadez-vous /fa.de.‿vu/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle English
Noun
fader (plural faders)
Descendants
- English: father
References
p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
Old Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Compare Old Saxon fadar, Old Frisian feder, Old English fæder, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).
Noun
fader m
Descendants
- Dutch: vader
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish faþir, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.
Pronunciation
Noun
fader c
Declension
| Inflection of fader | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fader | fadern | fäder | fäderna |
| Genitive | faders | faderns | fäders | fädernas |
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Synonyms
See also
References
- fader in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)