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Etymology

From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English feortan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-.

The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb.

Pronunciation

Verb

fart (third-person singular simple present farts, present participle farting, simple past and past participle farted)

  1. (informal, impolite, intransitive) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
    Synonyms: beef, blow off, break wind, cut one loose, cut the cheese, flatulate, toot, pass gas, pass wind; see also Thesaurus:flatulate
    • 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy‎[1]:
      I fart with twenty ladies by; / They call me beast; and what care I?
  2. (informal, impolite, intransitive, usually as "fart around") To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.
    Synonyms: futz, fool around, fool about
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).

Usage notes

This term, although considered somewhat impolite, is not generally considered vulgar. It once was, and there still may be some that do consider it to be, so it is best avoided in polite discourse.

Translations

Noun

fart (plural farts)

a fart (sense 1)
  2. (informal, impolite) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. [from 15th c.]
    I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigel?
    Silent farts are often the smelliest.
  3. (colloquial, impolite, derogatory) An irritating person; a fool.
  4. (colloquial, impolite, derogatory, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.
  5. (Maine) One who is inflexibly meticulous.

Synonyms

Derived terms

terms derived from the noun and verb

Translations

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fartus. Compare Spanish harto.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fart (feminine farta, masculine plural farts, feminine plural fartes)

  1. stuffed
  2. fed up

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vart, cognate with Dutch vaart, German Fahrt, Old Norse ferð. Doublet of færd (“journey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /farˀt/, [ˈfɑˀd̥]

Noun

fart c (singular definite farten, plural indefinite farter)

  1. (uncountable) speed
    Synonym: (non-technical contexts) hastighed
    Mange trafikulykker sker på grund af for høj fart. ― Many accidents happen because of excessive speed.
  2. (physics) speed (magnitude of velocity, if seen as a vector)
  3. (sailing) trip; journey; trade.
    Der er en stigning i antallet af farter mellem Asien og Europa. ― There is an increase in the number of trades between Asia and Europe.
    At være på farten. ― To be on the move.

Declension

Declension of fart
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fart farten farter farterne
genitive farts fartens farters farternes

Derived terms

References

French

Etymology

Probably from Norwegian fart (“travel, velocity, speed”), from Middle Low German vart, Old High German vart, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Related to German Fahrt (“journey, ride”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fart m (plural farts)

  1. wax (for skis)

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

far +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒrt]
  • Hyphenation: fart

Noun

fart

  1. accusative singular of far

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fart.

Pronunciation

Noun

fart f (genitive singular fartar, no plural)

  1. (informal) speed
    Það er nú meiri fartin á þér, drengur! ― My, you sure seem to be in a hurry, son!

Declension

    Declension of fart
f-s2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative fart fartin
accusative fart fartina
dative fart fartinni
genitive fartar fartarinnar

Middle English

Noun

fart

  1. fart
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3806-3810:
      This Nicholas anon leet flee a fart,
      As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
      That with the strook he was almost y-blent;
      And he was redy with his iren hoot,
      And Nicholas amidde the ers he smoot.
      This Nicholas immediately let fly a fart
      As great as if it had been a thunder-bolt,
      So that with the stroke he was almost blinded;
      And he was ready with his hot iron,
      And he smote Nicholas in the middle of the ass.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vart, related to fare (“fare, travel”).

Noun

fart f or m (definite singular farta or farten, indefinite plural farter, definite plural fartene)

  1. velocity, speed
    Synonyms: hastighet, tempo
  2. movement, motion
    Synonyms: bevegelse, gang
  3. transportation
    Synonyms: ferdsel, reise, tur
  4. high speed, vigor, drive
    Synonyms: driv, fres, liv
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fart

  1. past participle of fare

References

  • “fart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “fart” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vart.

Pronunciation

Noun

fart f or m (definite singular farten or farta, indefinite plural farter or fartar, definite plural fartene or fartane)

  1. speed, velocity
  2. movement, motion
  3. transport, transportation, traffic

Derived terms

References

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz, whence also Old English fierd, Old Norse ferð.

Noun

fart f

  1. trip
  2. ride

Descendants

  • German: Fahrt

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fahrt, from Middle High German fart, from Old High German vart, from Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

fart m inan

  1. (colloquial) luck
    Synonym: szczęście
    Antonyms: niefart, pech
  2. (colloquial) fluke; stroke of luck
    Synonyms: fuks, łut szczęścia

Declension

Declension of fart
singular
nominative fart
genitive farta
dative fartowi
accusative fart
instrumental fartem
locative farcie
vocative farcie

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

  • fart in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fart in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

FWOTD – 5 April 2013

Etymology

From Middle Low German vart, from Old Saxon fard. Cognate with Dutch vaart, German Fahrt. Doublet of färd.

Pronunciation

Noun

fart c

  1. speed
    • 1917, Bible, Jeremiah 48:16:
      Snart kommer Moabs ofärd, och hans olycka hastar fram med fart.
      Soon comes Moab’s calamity, and his misery hastes with speed.
    • 1944, Pär Lagerkvist, Dvärgen; translated as Alexandra Dick, transl., The Dwarf, 1945:
      Jag ropade åt körsvennen att sätta upp farten, han klatschade med piskan och vi for iväg.
      I called to the driver to increase his pace; he cracked his whip and we rolled on.

Usage notes

  • As a suffix in certain compounds (listed separately below) this word takes on the meaning of "road", "ramp" or "journey", just like German Fahrt or Swedish färd, rather than the standalone meaning of speed. Similar compounds with the suffix -färd exist, with slightly different meaning.
  • In many compounds and in more formal or scientific use, speed translates to hastighet (“velocity”) rather than fart.

Declension

Declension of fart
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fart farts
definite farten fartens
plural indefinite farter farters
definite farterna farternas

Derived terms

Compounds with the meaning of road, ramp, or journey

See also

References

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