faste

See also: fäste and Fäste

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastǭ (“fast”), cognate with German Fasten. Like the verb, derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfæːsd̥ə]
• Rhymes: -aːstə

Noun

faste c (singular definite fasten, plural indefinite faster)

1. fast (abstain from food)
2. (Christianity) Lent (period before Easter)

Declension

Declension of faste

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faste	fasten	faster	fasterne
genitive	fastes	fastens	fasters	fasternes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną (“to fast”). Cognate with English fast and German fasten. Derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfæːsd̥ə]
• Rhymes: -aːstə

Verb

faste (imperative fast, infinitive at faste, present tense faster, past tense fastede, perfect tense har fastet)

1. to fast (to go without food)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfasd̥ə]
• Rhymes: -astə

Adjective

faste

1. plural of fast

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fāstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fast/

• Audio (Nancy):

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Noun

faste m (plural fastes)

1. splendour; pomp [since 1540]
   • 2001, Alain Souchon (lyrics and music), “La vie ne vaut rien”:

     Il a vu l’espace qui passe / Entre la jet set les fastes, les palaces

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2020 October 11, “La Corée du Nord dévoile de nouveaux missiles et tend la main au Sud”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     Dans la nuit, les monuments et gratte-ciel de Pyongyang brillant de toutes leurs lumières, la cérémonie sur la place Kim-Il-sung, dont le pavillon abritant la tribune officielle avait été rénové et recouvert de marbre gris, s’est déroulée dans le faste et la liesse populaire programmée des grands événements en RPDC.

     In the night, the monuments and skyscrapers of Pyongyang shining with all their lights, the ceremony on Kim Il-sung square—whose pavilion hosting the official stand had been renovated and recovered with grey marble—took place in the pomp and popular jubilation programmed for major events in the DPRK.

Usage notes

• The plural is uncommon.

Derived terms

• fastueusement
• fastueux

 

Adjective

faste (plural fastes)

1. auspicious, lucky [since 1946]

   Antonym: néfaste

2. (historical, relational) of dies fasti, days of the Roman calendar in which public business was conducted [isolated example in c. 1380; continuously since 1838]

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• fêtas

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfastə/
• Hyphenation: fas‧te
• Homophone: fasste

Verb

faste

1. inflection of fasten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːstə/
• Hyphenation: fas‧te

Verb

faste

1. inflection of fasen:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

Latin

Noun

fāste

1. vocative singular of fāstus

References

• faste in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

faste

1. definite singular of fast
2. plural of fast

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fasta.

Noun

faste f or m (definite singular fasta or fasten, indefinite plural faster, definite plural fastene)

1. a fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Verb

faste (imperative fast, present tense faster, simple past and past participle fasta or fastet)

1. to fast (abstain from food and drink for a certain period)

References

• “faste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

faste

1. definite singular of fast
2. plural of fast

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fasta.

Noun

faste f (definite singular fasta, indefinite plural faster, definite plural fastene)

1. a fast (as above)

References

• “faste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Plautdietsch

Verb

faste

1. to fast

Swedish

Adjective

faste

1. definite natural masculine singular of fast

Anagrams

• festa