fader

See also: Fader and fäder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪdə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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

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

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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

Declension of fader

Case	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

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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fader	fadern	fäder	fäderna
Genitive	faders	faderns	fäders	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