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far

See also fár, får, and fær

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English

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Etymology

Old English feor. Cognate with Middle Low German vere.

Pronunciation

Adjective

far (comparative farther/further, superlative farthest/furthest)

  1. Remote in space.
    He went to a far country.
  2. Remote in time.
  3. Long.
    It was a far adventure, full of danger.
  4. More remote or longer of two.
    He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
  5. Extreme.
    We are on the far right on this issue.
Antonyms

Derived terms

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Adverb

far (comparative farther/further, superlative farthest/furthest)

  1. Distant in space, time or degree.
    My house is quite far from the beach.
    The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless.
  2. To or from a great distance, time, or degree.
    You have all come far and you will go farther.
  3. (with a comparative) Very much.
    He was far richer than we'd thought.

Translations

distant in space, time, or degree
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  • Catalan: lluny (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 遠的 (cmn), 远的 (cmn) (yuǎn de), 遠離的 (cmn), 远离的 (cmn) (yuǎnlí de), 更遠的 (cmn), 更远的 (cmn) (gèngyuǎn de), 久遠 (cmn), 久远 (cmn) (jiǔyuǎn), 久 (cmn) (jiǔ), 極端 (cmn), 极端 (cmn) (jíduān), 極 (cmn), 极 (cmn) (jí)
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  • Finnish: kaukana (fi), etäällä (fi)
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  • German: fern (de)
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  • Italian: lontano (it), distante (it)
  • Japanese: 遠く (ja) (tooku)
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  • Navajo: nízah
  • Norwegian: langt (no)
  • Portuguese: longe (pt), distante (pt)
  • Russian: далеко (ru) (dal'ekó)
  • Spanish: lejos (es)
  • Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can:
to or from a great distance, time, or degree
  • Catalan: enllà (ca), ençà (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 遠的 (cmn), 远的 (cmn) (yuǎn de), 遠離的 (cmn), 远离的 (cmn) (yuǎnlí de), 更遠的 (cmn), 更远的 (cmn) (gèngyuǎn de)
context: with a comparative — see very much

Noun

far (plural fars)

  1. spelt (type of wheat)

Translations

spelt — see spelt

Statistics

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology 1

Latin Pharus.

Noun

far

  1. lighthouse

Etymology 2

Latin farina.

Noun

far

  1. seed

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Pharus.

Noun

far m. (plural fars)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

Noun

far c. (singular definite faren, plural indefinite fædre)

  1. father, dad

Synonyms

Inflection

Inflection of far
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative far faren fædre fædrene
genitive fars farens fædres fædrenes

Related terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from fari (“to do, to make”).

Preposition

far

  1. (neologism) by[1]
    La libro de Johano far Ŝekspiro
    John's book of/by Shakespeare)
    regata de la popolo, far la popolo por la popolo
    ruled of the people, by the people for the people

Usage notes

Unofficial. The most common innovative preposition, far is used for some of the functions of the preposition de "of, from, by", which some authors feel is overworked. Useful to distinguish, for example, the owner of a book (de) from the author (far).

References

  1. ^ Wennergren, Bertilo (2010-03-09). "Neoficialaj rolvortetoj (in Esperanto)." Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko. URL accessed on 2010-10-08.

Faroese

Noun

far n.

  1. drive, ride, tour
  2. vessel
  3. trace, sign

Declension

Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative far farið før førini
Accusative far farið før førini
Dative fari farinum førum førunum
Genitive fars farsins fara faranna

Hungarian

Etymology

Maybe from the same Uralic root *perä as Finnish perä.

Pronunciation

Noun

far (plural farok)

  1. buttock, posterior
  2. stern (ship)
  3. tail, rear (vehicle)

Declension

declension of far
singular plural
nominative far farok
accusative fart farokat
dative farnak faroknak
instrumental farral farokkal
causal-final farért farokért
translative farrá farokká
terminative farig farokig
essive-formal farként farokként
essive-modal - -
inessive farban farokban
superessive faron farokon
adessive farnál faroknál
illative farba farokba
sublative farra farokra
allative farhoz farokhoz
elative farból farokból
delative farról farokról
ablative fartól faroktól
possessives of far
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. farom faraim
2nd person sing. farod faraid
3rd person sing. fara farai
1st person plural farunk faraink
2nd person plural farotok faraitok
3rd person plural faruk faraik

Derived terms

Compound words

Icelandic

Noun

far n. (genitive singular fars, plural för)

  1. a passage, a ride
    Má ég fá far?
    Can I get a ride?
  2. an imprint, a trace
  3. character, attribute

Derived terms

Synonyms

See also

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

far

  1. apocopic form of fare

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

far (genitive farris); n, third declension

  1. spelt(type of wheat)
  2. course meal; grits

Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative far farra
genitive farris farrum
dative farrī farribus
accusative far farra
ablative farre farribus
vocative far farra

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic فأرٌ (fa’r, “mouse”).

Noun

far

  1. mouse

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

far m. (definite singular faren; indefinite plural fedre; definite plural fedrene)

  1. father

Synonyms

Related terms

Occitan

Verb

far

  1. Alternative form of faire.

Old Irish

Pronoun

far

  1. Alternative form of for.

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin facio

Verb

far

  1. to do
Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Latin pharus.

Noun

far n. (plural faruri)

  1. lighthouse
  2. (figuratively) beacon
  3. car headlight

Declension

declension of far
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un far farul niște faruri farurile
genitive/dative unui far farului unor faruri farurilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb

far

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) to do, make

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

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Conjunction

far

  1. where (relative/non-interrogative)
    Bha e cunnartach far an robh am balach ag iasgach. - It was dangerous where the boy was fishing.

Etymology 2

Preposition

far

  1. Alternative form of bhàrr.

Swedish

Etymology

Short for fader.

Pronunciation

Noun

far c.

  1. father

Declension

Declension of far
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative far fadern fäder fäderna
genitive fars faderns fäders fädernas

Verb

far

  1. imperative of fara.
  2. present tense of fara.

Turkish

Etymology 1

From French phare.

Noun

far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

  1. headlight

Etymology 2

From French fard.

Noun

far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

  1. eye shadow
Declension
declension of far
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) far farlar
definite accusative (belirtme) farı farları
dative (yönelme) fara farlara
locative (bulunma) farda farlarda
ablative (çıkma) fardan farlardan
genitive (tamlayan) farın farların
possessive forms of far
nominative singular plural
benim (my) farım farlarım
senin (your) farın farların
onun (his/her/its) farı farları
bizim (our) farımız farlarımız
sizin (your) farınız farlarınız
onların (their) farları farları
accusative singular plural
benim (my) farımı farlarımı
senin (your) farını farlarını
onun (his/her/its) farını farlarını
bizim (our) farımızı farlarımızı
sizin (your) farınızı farlarınızı
onların (their) farlarını farlarını
dative singular plural
benim (my) farıma farlarıma
senin (your) farına farlarına
onun (his/her/its) farına farlarına
bizim (our) farımıza farlarımıza
sizin (your) farınıza farlarınıza
onların (their) farlarına farlarına
locative singular plural
benim (my) farımda farlarımda
senin (your) farında farlarında
onun (his/her/its) farında farlarında
bizim (our) farımızda farlarımızda
sizin (your) farınızda farlarınızda
onların (their) farlarında farlarında
ablative singular plural
benim (my) farımdan farlarımdan
senin (your) farından farlarından
onun (his/her/its) farından farlarından
bizim (our) farımızdan farlarımızdan
sizin (your) farınızdan farlarınızdan
onların (their) farlarından farlarından
genitive singular plural
benim (my) farımın farlarımın
senin (your) farının farlarının
onun (his/her/its) farının farlarının
bizim (our) farımızın farlarımızın
sizin (your) farınızın farlarınızın
onların (their) farlarının farlarının
Synonyms

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian fare

Verb

far (transitive)

  1. to do
  2. to make
  3. to act or operate
  4. to study

 

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