faste

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

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

faste c (singular definite fasten, plural indefinite faster)

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

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”).

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

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

1. to fast (to go without food)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

faste

1. plural of fast

Borrowed from Latin fāstus.

• IPA^(key): /fast/

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faste m (plural fastes)

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

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

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   • 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.

• The plural is uncommon.

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]

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

• fêtas

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

faste

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

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

faste

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

fāste

1. vocative singular of fāstus

• "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)

faste

1. definite singular of fast
2. plural of fast

From Old Norse fasta.

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)

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)

• “faste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

faste

1. definite singular of fast
2. plural of fast

From Old Norse fasta.

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

1. a fast (as above)

• “faste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

faste

1. to fast

faste

1. second-person singular preterite indicative of far

faste

1. definite natural masculine singular of fast

• festa