fart

Etymology

From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan (in feorting (verbal noun)), from Proto-Germanic *fertaną (compare German farzen, furzen, Norwegian Bokmål fjert), from Proto-Indo-European *perd-, *pérde. Cognate to Welsh rhech, Albanian pjerdh, Russian перде́ть (perdétʹ), French péter, Ancient Greek πέρδομαι (pérdomai), Sanskrit पर्दते (párdate).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: färt, IPA^(key): /fɑːt/
• (General American) enPR: färt, IPA^(key): /fɑɹt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Verb

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

1. (informal, mildly vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
   • 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy:

     I fart with twenty ladies by; / They call me beast; and what care I?

2. (colloquial, 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.

Noun

fart (plural farts)

1. (informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. [from 15th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , II.12:

     Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart, for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad […].

2. (colloquial, vulgar) An irritating person; a fool.
3. (colloquial, vulgar, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.

See also

• burp
• flatulence
• flatulent
• flatus
• queef
• wind

Anagrams

• RTFA, TRAF, frat, raft, traf

Etymology

From Latin fartus.

Adjective

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

1. stuffed
2. fed up

Etymology

From Middle Low German vart, from Old Saxon fard, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. See also Swedish färd, Dutch vaart, German Fahrt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fart/, [fɑːˀd̥]

Noun

fart c (singular definite farten, plural indefinite farter)

1. (uncountable) speed

   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.

Synonyms

• (speed, in non-technical contexts): hastighed

References

• “fart” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /faʁ/

Noun

fart m (plural farts)

1. wax (for skis)

Further reading

• “fart” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /far̥t/
• Rhymes: -ar̥t

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!

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. velocity, speed
2. movement, motion
3. transportation
4. high speed, vigor, drive

Verb

fart

1. past participle of fare

References

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

Etymology

From Middle Low German vart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑrt/

Noun

fart m (definite singular farten, indefinite plural fartar, definite plural fartane)

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

References

• “fart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• vart

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fardiz, whence also Old English fyrd, Old Norse ferð.

Noun

fart f

1. trip
2. ride

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fart/

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Noun

fart m inan

1. (colloquial) luck
2. (colloquial) fluke; stroke of luck

Etymology

From Middle Low German vart, from Old Saxon fard, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Cognate with Swedish färd, Dutch vaart, German Fahrt.

Pronunciation

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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.

See also

• fort
• hastighet