fender

See also: Fender

English

Etymology

From fend +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

fender (plural fenders)

1. (US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

   Synonyms: (Australian) guard, (British) wheel arch, (British) wing

   Hyponym: (rear fender) quarter panel

2. (US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water

   Synonym: (British) mudguard

3. (nautical) any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute
4. a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 12]:

     Now and then he would make a motion with his feet as if he were running quickly backward upstairs, and would tread on the edge of the fender, so that the fire-irons went flying and the buttered-bun dishes crashed against each other in the hearth.

   • 1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 357:

     Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history.

Derived terms

• club fender
• fender beam
• fender-bender
• fender skirt
• fender stool

 

Translations

panel of a car

• Apache:

  Western Apache: biwos (front), bikʼai (rear)

• Arabic: مِصَدّ m (miṣadd)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: lohi-babes
• Bulgarian: калник m (kalnik)
• Catalan: parafang (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擋泥板 / 挡泥板 (zh) (dǎngníbǎn)

• Czech: blatník (cs) m
• Danish: forskærm (front panel) c, bagskærm (back panel)
• Dutch: spatbord (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: lokasuoja (fi)
• French: aile (fr) f, garde-boue (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kotflügel (de) m
• Greek: προφυλακτήρας (el) m (profylaktíras)
• Hebrew: כנף (he) m (kanáf)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: sárhányó (hu)
• Irish: cliathán m
• Italian: parafango (it) m
• Japanese: フェンダー (ja) (fendā)
• Korean: 흙받기 (heukbatgi)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pare
• Polish: błotnik (pl) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: крыло́ (ru) n (kryló)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бла̏тобра̄н m

  Roman: blȁtobrān (sh) m

• Spanish: aleta (es) f
• Swedish: stänkskärm (sv) c, skärm (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: cái chắn bùn
• Welsh: gard olwyn m

shield on a bicycle

• Bulgarian: калник m (kalnik)
• Czech: blatník (cs) m
• Dutch: spatbord (nl) n
• Finnish: lokasuoja (fi)
• French: garde-boue (fr) m
• German: Schutzblech (de) n
• Hungarian: sárhányó (hu)
• Maori: pareparu
• Polish: błotnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: para-lama (pt) m
• Russian: крыло́ (ru) n (kryló)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бла̏тобра̄н m

  Roman: blȁtobrān (sh) m

• Spanish: guardabarros (es) m
• Swedish: stänkskärm (sv) c
• Vietnamese: cái chắn bùn

nautical term

• Bulgarian: кранец m (kranec)
• Danish: fender c
• Dutch: stootkussen (nl), stootwil, vinder (nl) (dated)
• Finnish: lepuuttaja (fi); fendari (slang)
• French: défense (fr)
• German: Fender (de) m
• Greek: παράβλημα (el) n (parávlima)
• Italian: parabordo m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fender m

  Nynorsk: fender m

• Ottoman Turkish: یاصدق (yasdık)
• Polish: odbijacz (pl) m
• Russian: кра́нец (ru) m (kránec)
• Spanish: defensa (es) f
• Swedish: fender (sv) c

metal framework in front of a fireplace

• Dutch: haardscherm (nl) n
• Esperanto: fendro
• Finnish: kipinäsuoja
• Spanish: guardafuego (es) m
• Swedish: brasskydd n, eldskärm c

Verb

fender (third-person singular simple present fenders, present participle fendering, simple past and past participle fendered)

1. (nautical) To use fenders to protect the side of a boat

Gallery

• 
  the fenders on this car are highlighted red
• 
  the fender on the rear wheel of a bicycle
• 
  the fender on the side of a boat
• 
  a fireplace with the fender highlighted in false colour

Anagrams

• ferned, nerfed

Asturian

Verb

fender (first-person singular indicative present fendo, past participle fendíu)

1. to cut open
2. (reflexive) to shatter

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fender (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin findere, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Portuguese fender and Spanish hendir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fenˈdeɾ/

Verb

fender (first-person singular present fendo, first-person singular preterite fendín, past participle fendido)

1. to split, cleave, rip
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 426:

     Et tal colpe lle deu per meo do escudo que logo llo fendeu de çima ata fondo

     And he so hardly stroke his [enemy's] shield by the middle that at the moment he split it, from top to bottom

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:

     Quando as ditas llandoas creçeren asy como Nozes, ou mais ou menos, traua dellas llogo et apretaas et fendeas ao llongo con canyuete agudo

     when these growths become big as nuts, give or take, grab them readily and squeeze them and cut them open lengthwise with a sharp knife

2. to crack
3. to separate
4. to break through

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fender

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fender
Personal	fender	fenderes	fender	fendermos	fenderdes	fenderen
Gerund
	fendendo
Past participle
Masculine	fendido			fendidos
Feminine	fendida			fendidas
Indicative
Present	fendo	fendes	fende	fendemos	fendedes	fenden
Imperfect	fendía	fendías	fendía	fendiamos	fendiades	fendían
Preterite	fendín	fendiches	fendeu	fendemos	fendestes	fenderon
Pluperfect	fendera	fenderas	fendera	fenderamos	fenderades	fenderan
Future	fenderei	fenderás	fenderá	fenderemos	fenderedes	fenderán
Conditional	fendería	fenderías	fendería	fenderiamos	fenderiades	fenderían
Subjunctive
Present	fenda	fendas	fenda	fendamos	fendades	fendan
Imperfect	fendese	fendeses	fendese	fendésemos	fendésedes	fendesen
Future	fender	fenderes	fender	fendermos	fenderdes	fenderen
Imperative
Affirmative		fende	fenda	fendamos	fendede	fendan
Negative (non)		non fendas	non fenda	non fendamos	non fendades	non fendan

    Reintegrated conjugation of fender (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fender
Personal	fender	fenderes	fender	fendermos	fenderdes	fenderem
Gerund
	fendendo
Past participle
Masculine	fendido			fendidos
Feminine	fendida			fendidas
Indicative
Present	fendo	fendes	fende	fendemos	fendedes, fendeis	fendem
Imperfect	fendia	fendias	fendia	fendíamos	fendíades, fendíeis, fendíais1	fendiam
Preterite	fendim, fendi	fendeste, fendeche1	fendeu	fendemos	fendestes	fendêrom, fenderam
Pluperfect	fendera	fenderas	fendera	fendêramos	fendêrades, fendêreis, fendêrais1	fenderam
Future	fenderei	fenderás	fenderá	fenderemos	fenderedes, fendereis	fenderám, fenderão
Conditional	fenderia	fenderias	fenderia	fenderíamos	fenderíades, fenderíeis, fenderíais1	fenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	fenda	fendas	fenda	fendamos	fendades, fendais	fendam
Imperfect	fendesse	fendesses	fendesse	fendêssemos	fendêssedes, fendêsseis	fendessem
Future	fender	fenderes	fender	fendermos	fenderdes	fenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		fende	fenda	fendamos	fendede, fendei	fendam
Negative (nom)		nom fendas	nom fenda	nom fendamos	nom fendades, nom fendais	nom fendam

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• fenda

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fender” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fender”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fender”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English fender.

Noun

fender m (definite singular fenderen, indefinite plural fendere or fendre or fendrer, definite plural fenderne or fendrene)

1. (nautical) a fender

References

• “fender” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Kai (eller bryggje) ved eit fiskebruk i Vardø. Gamle traktordekk vert ofte, slik som her, hengt opp langs kaisida som fenderar mellom skutesida og kaia. (old tractor tyres used as fenders)

Etymology

From English fender.

Noun

fender m (definite singular fenderen, indefinite plural fenderar, definite plural fenderane)

1. (nautical) a fender

References

• “fender” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin findere, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fẽˈde(ʁ)/ [fẽˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fẽˈde(ʁ)/ [fẽˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fẽˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fẽˈde(ʁ)/ [fẽˈde(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fẽˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fẽˈdeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fẽˈdeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fẽˈde.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fen‧der

Verb

fender (first-person singular present fendo, first-person singular preterite fendi, past participle fendido)

1. to split, cleave, rip
2. to crack
3. to separate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fender
Personal	fender	fenderes	fender	fendermos	fenderdes	fenderem
Gerund
	fendendo
Past participle
Masculine	fendido			fendidos
Feminine	fendida			fendidas
Indicative
Present	fendo	fendes	fende	fendemos	fendeis	fendem
Imperfect	fendia	fendias	fendia	fendíamos	fendíeis	fendiam
Preterite	fendi	fendeste	fendeu	fendemos	fendestes	fenderam
Pluperfect	fendera	fenderas	fendera	fendêramos	fendêreis	fenderam
Future	fenderei	fenderás	fenderá	fenderemos	fendereis	fenderão
Conditional	fenderia	fenderias	fenderia	fenderíamos	fenderíeis	fenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	fenda	fendas	fenda	fendamos	fendais	fendam
Imperfect	fendesse	fendesses	fendesse	fendêssemos	fendêsseis	fendessem
Future	fender	fenderes	fender	fendermos	fenderdes	fenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		fende	fenda	fendamos	fendei	fendam
Negative (não)		não fendas	não fenda	não fendamos	não fendais	não fendam

Related terms

• fenda

Descendants

• Macanese: fendê

References

• “fender” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

fender m

1. forester