fader

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.

Derived terms

• crossfader

Translations

a device used to raise and lower sound volume

• Esperanto: ŝovregilo
• German: Lautstärkeregler (de) m, Schieberegler m
• Russian: фейдер (ru) m (fejder)

Etymology 2

From fade (adjective) +‎ -er.

Adjective

fader

1. comparative form of fade: more fade

Anagrams

• Defra, Freda, fared, fear'd, feard

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.

Inflection

Declension of fader

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fader	faderen	fædre	fædrene
genitive	faders	faderens	fædres	fædrenes

Synonyms

• far

Derived terms

• fædreland (home country)

See also

• moder
• mor
• broder
• bror
• søster

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan fadar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

fader

1. (reflexive, informal) to get stuck with

Conjugation

Conjugation of se fader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se fader
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se fadant /sə fa.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		fadé /fa.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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/
	past historic2	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/
	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/
	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/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(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/
	imperfect2	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/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fade-toi /fad.twa/	—	fadons-nous /fa.dɔ̃.nu/	fadez-vous /fa.de.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “fader”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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.

Alternative forms

• fæder, faderr, fadir, fadyr, fadur, feder, vader, veder, faðer, father, ffader

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.

Related terms

• fader in lawe
• faderhode
• faderles
• faderly
• fadren
• forfader
• forme fader
• fornfader
• godfader
• lorfadyr
• olde fader
• stepfader

 

Descendants

• English: father
  • → Marshallese: bata
  • Gullah: farruh
• Scots: faither, fader, faether, faider, father, fither
• Yola: vather

References

• “fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-18.
• 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.

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)

Synonyms

• far

References

• “fader” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²faːer/, [²fɐ̞ː.ər], [²fɐ̞ː.er]
• IPA^(key): /²faːder/, [²fɐ̞ː.dər], [²fɐ̞ː.der] (literary pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -aːer, -aːder
• Hyphenation: fa‧der

Noun

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

1. (archaic, poetic) father

Declension

  Landsmål declension of fader (strong consonant-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fader	faderen	feder	federne
dative	―	fadere	―	fedrom
compound-genitive	faders	―	fedre	―

Synonyms

• far
• pappa

References

• “fader” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑ.der/

Noun

fader m (nominative plural faderas) (Northumbrian)

1. Alternative form of fæder

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	fader	faderas
accusative	fader	faderas
genitive	fader	fadera
dative	fader	faderum

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfader/

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.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.dɛr/

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

References

• “fader, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “fader, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːdɛr/, [ˈfɑːdɛ̠r]

• Audio:

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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.

Declension

Declension of fader

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fader	faders
	definite	fadern	faderns
plural	indefinite	fäder	fäders
	definite	fäderna	fädernas

Synonyms

• far
• pappa

Derived terms

• anfader
• faderlig
• faderlös
• fadermord
• fadermördare
• fadersarv
• fadersbild
• fadersbunden
• fadersfigur
• fadersgestalt
• fadershand
• fadershem
• fadershjärta
• fadershus
• faderskap
• faderskomplex
• faderskänsla
• faderskärlek
• fadersnamn
• fadersroll
• fadersstolthet
• fadervår
• far
• farfader
• fäderne
• morfader
• styvfader

 

See also

• moder
• mor
• mamma
• broder
• bror
• syster

References

• fader in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• deraf, freda