fart
See also: FART
English
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
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: färt, IPA(key): /fɑːt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (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)
- (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:
- I fart with twenty ladies by; / They call me beast; and what care I?
- (colloquial, 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
- (figuratively, transitive) To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).
- 1988, Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda, London: Faber and Faber, 1989, Chapter 95, p. 457,
- Above his head the funnel farted black soot into the sky.
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, New York: Riverhead Books, p. 139,
- We’ve been stuck behind a Ford Escort farting black smoke for ten minutes.
- 1988, Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda, London: Faber and Faber, 1989, Chapter 95, p. 457,
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
to emit flatulent gases
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Noun
fart (plural farts)
- (informal) 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.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- 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 […].
- (colloquial, impolite, derogatory) An irritating person; a fool.
- (colloquial, impolite, derogatory, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.
Synonyms
emit flatulent gases
- air biscuit
- barking spider
- beef
- bottom burp
- flatus
- fluffer-doodle
- poot
- raspberry tart (Cockney rhyming slang)
- toot
- See also Thesaurus:flatus
Derived terms
terms derived from the noun and verb
- all fart and no shit
- armpit fart
- brain fart
- cunt fart
- duck fart
- fanny fart
- fart about
- fart-arse
- fart box
- farter
- fart in an elevator
- fart in a spacesuit
- fart in a windstorm
- fart in a wind storm
- farting
- fart-knocker
- fart knocker
- fart sack
- fart squirrel
- fart tax
- like a fart in church
- old fart
- pissed as a fart
- pussy fart
- silent fart
- sparrow fart
- sparrow-fart
- sparrow's fart
- tinker's fart
Translations
an emission of flatulent gases
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old fart
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See also
- burp
- flatulence
- flatulent
- flatus
- queef
- wind
Anagrams
- FRTA, RTFA, TRAF, frat, raft, traf
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin fartus. Compare Spanish harto.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfaɾt/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈfart/
- Rhymes: -aɾt
Adjective
fart (feminine farta, masculine plural farts, feminine plural fartes)
- stuffed
- fed up
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)
- (uncountable) speed
- Mange trafikulykker sker på grund af for høj fart. ― Many accidents happen because of excessive speed.
- Synonym: (non-technical contexts) hastighed
- (physics) speed (magnitude of velocity, if seen as a vector)
- (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.
Inflection
Declension of fart
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fart | farten | farter | farterne |
| genitive | farts | fartens | farters | farternes |
Derived terms
- affart
- bådfart
- forbifart
- færgefart
- gennemfart
- himmelfart
- kystfart
- langfart
- luftfart
- medfart
- nedfart
- nærfart
- overfart
- pendulfart
- rumfart
- rundfart
- rutefart
- skibsfart
- slædefart
- sneglefart
- søfart
- topfart
- trampfart
- valfart
References
- “fart” in Den Danske Ordbog
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
- IPA(key): /faʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
fart m (plural farts)
- wax (for skis)
Derived terms
- fartage
- farter
Further reading
- “fart”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
far + -t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɒrt]
- Hyphenation: fart
Noun
fart
- accusative singular of far
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish fart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /far̥t/
- Rhymes: -ar̥t
Noun
fart f (genitive singular fartar, no plural)
- (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 |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German vart, related to fare (“fare, travel”).
Noun
fart m (definite singular farten, indefinite plural farter, definite plural fartene)
- velocity, speed
- Synonyms: hastighet, tempo
- movement, motion
- Synonyms: bevegelse, gang
- transportation
- Synonyms: ferdsel, reise, tur
- high speed, vigor, drive
- Synonyms: driv, fres, liv
Derived terms
- fartsdump
- fartsgrense
- fartshump
- fartsmåler
- gjennomsnittsfart
- innfart
- luftfart
- maksfart
- overfart
- romfart
- sjøfart
- sneglefart
- toppfart
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
fart
- past participle of fare
References
- “fart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “fart” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German vart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑrt/
Noun
fart m (definite singular farten, indefinite plural fartar, definite plural fartane)
- speed, velocity
- movement, motion
- transport, transportation, traffic
Derived terms
Terms derived from fart
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References
- “fart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Alternative forms
- vart
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz, whence also Old English fierd, Old Norse ferð.
Noun
fart f
- trip
- 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
- IPA(key): /fart/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -art
- Syllabification: fart
Noun
fart m inan
- (colloquial) luck
- Synonym: szczęście
- Antonyms: niefart, pech
- (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
- fartowny
noun
- farciarz
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 Swedish färd, Dutch vaart, German Fahrt.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Noun
fart c
- 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.
- Snart kommer Moabs ofärd, och hans olycka hastar fram med fart.
- 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.
- 1917, Bible, Jeremiah 48:16:
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fart | farten | farter | farterna |
| Genitive | farts | fartens | farters | farternas |
Derived terms
- fartbegränsning
- farthinder
- fartkamera
- fartkontroll
- Compounds with the meaning of road, ramp, or journey
- avfart
- infart
- påfart
- tillfart
- underfart
- utfart
- överfart
See also
- fort
- hastighet