fed

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

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛd/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

Clipping of federal.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

(slang, derogatory) A federal government officer or official.
That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!
(MLE, MTE, slang) A police officer.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer
- 2022 March 15, “Kill the Bill protester who led ‘f*** the feds’ chant jailed over police car torching”, in Metro‎^[1]:
  Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.
(Canada, in the plural) The Canadian federal government.
Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.

Derived terms

fedpost

Etymology 2

From federation.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

(weightlifting, slang) A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
Clipping of federation.

Derived terms

e-fed

Verb

fed (third-person singular simple present feds, present participle fedding, simple past and past participle fedded)

Clipping of federate.

Related terms

defed

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fed

simple past and past participle of feed

Derived terms

Anagrams

DEF, Def., DfE, FDE, def

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [feˀð], [feðˀ]

Adjective

fed

fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body), obese
fatty, rich
great, smashing, cool
(of a typeface) bold
(nominally, slang) joint
at ryge en fed
to smoke a joint (a "fat one")

Inflection

Inflection of *fed*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite 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

IPA^(key): [feð]

Noun

fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed)

skein
clove

Inflection

Declension of *fed*
neuter gender	singular		plural
neuter gender	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

IPA^(key): [feːˀð], [feðˀ]

Verb

fed

imperative of fede

Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

Abbreviation of federatie.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

föd (dialectal)

Etymology

Uncertain. According to different sources:

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pentɜ- (“to shut, cover”).^[1]^[2]
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). Likely cognate with Finnish pinne and Udmurt поди (poďi).^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfɛd]
Hyphenation: fed
Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

fed

(transitive) to cover
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fed

Conjugation

conjugation of fed

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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	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):

References

^ Entry #744 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ 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.)
^ Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #754

Middle English

Noun

fed

Alternative form of fede

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fed/

Noun

fed (nominative plural feds)

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

fedalän (“federal state, Bundesstaat”)

[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

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Verb

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Etymology 3

Verb

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Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

Dutch

Noun

Hungarian

Alternative forms

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See also

References

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

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