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Definition for: far

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See also fár , and får

English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
few whom love #180: far seemed house looked

Pronunciation

  • ( UK ) IPA: /fɑː/ , SAMPA: /fA:/
  • ( US ) IPA: /fɑɹ/ , SAMPA: /fAr/
    • Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

Etymology

Old English feor

Adjective

far (farther/further, farthest/furthest)

  1. Distant from something; not close or near.
    I want to visit a country far from here.

Antonyms

Translations

  • Arabic: بعيد (baʕíd)
  • Chinese: 較遠的 / 较远的 (jiào yuǎn de), 遠 / 远 (yuǎn)
  • Danish: langt borte, fjern
  • Dutch: ver
  • Esperanto: fora
  • Finnish: kaukana, kauas
  • French: lointain
  • German: fern
  • Hebrew: רחוק (rakhók)
  • Hungarian: messze
  • Ido: distanta
  • Italian: lontano
  • Japanese: 遠い (とおい, tōi), 遠くに (とおくに, tōkuni)
  • Korean: 먼 (meon)
  • Persian دور (dur)
  • Portuguese: longe, distante
  • Romanian: departe
  • Russian: дальный (dál’nyj)
  • Slovene: daleč
  • Spanish: lejano
  • Swedish: långt bort, avlägset
  • Telugu: దూరము (dooramu)

Albanian

Etymology

Latin Pharus

Noun

far

  1. lighthouse

Catalan

Etymology

Latin Pharus

Noun

far

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight

Danish

Noun

far

  1. father

Synonyms

  • fader

Related terms

  • mor, moder
  • bror, søster, søskende
  • søn, datter

Hungarian

Etymology

Maybe from the same Uralic root * perä as Finnish perä

Noun

far

  1. buttock

Icelandic

Noun

far n .

  1. passage

Italian

Verb

far

  1. Form of fare

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic

Noun

far

  1. mouse

Norwegian

Noun

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

  1. father

Synonyms

  • pappa

Related terms

  • mor, mamma
  • bror, søster, søsken
  • sønn, datter

Romanian

Etymology

Latin Pharus

Noun

far

  1. lighthouse

Swedish

Etymology

Short for fader

Noun

Inflection for far Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative far fadern fäder fäderna
Genitive fars faderns fäders fädernas

far c .

  1. father

Verb

far

  1. Present tense of fara

Turkish

Etymology

Latin Pharus

Noun

far

  1. headlight

Other Translations for "far"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Codefar
Hex66 e1 72
Pig Latinarfay

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