fed

fed

See also: Fed, FED, -fed, and Fed.

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛd
• IPA^(key): /fɛd/

Etymology 1

Shortening of federal.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

1. (US, slang) a federal government officer or official, especially FBI and DEA agents.
2. (London, especially MLE, slang) a police officer.

Synonyms

• (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer

Verb

fed

1. simple past tense and past participle of feed

Derived terms

• fed up

Anagrams

• DEF, Def., DfE, FDE, def

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feð/, [feːˀð], [feðˀ]
• Rhymes: -eð

Etymology 1

From Old Norse feitr (“fat”), from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

Adjective

fed

1. fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body), obese
2. fatty, rich
3. great, smashing
4. (of a typeface) bold
5. (nominally, slang) joint

   at ryge en fed

   to smoke a joint

Inflection

Inflection of fed
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	fed	federe	fedest2
Neuter singular	fedt	federe	fedest2
Plural	fede	federe	fedest2
Definite attributive1	fede	federe	fedeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• fede (verb)
• fedme c
• fedt n
• fedte (verb)
• fedtet (adjective)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fit.

Noun

fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed)

1. skein
2. clove

Inflection

Declension of fed

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fed	feddet	fed	feddene
genitive	feds	feddets	feds	feddenes

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

fed

1. imperative of fede

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Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of federatie.

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

• föd (dialectal)

Etymology

Based on different sources:

1. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pentɜ- (“to shut, cover”).[1][2]
2. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). Likely cognate with Finnish pinne and Udmurt поди (podi).[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛd]
• Hyphenation: fed

Verb

fed

1. (transitive) to cover

Conjugation

conjugation of fed

Infinitive			fedni
Past participle			fedett
Present participle			fedő
Future participle			fedendő
Adverbial participle			fedve
Potential			fedhet
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indefinite	fedek	fedsz	fed	fedünk	fedtek	fednek
		Definite	fedem én téged/titeket fedlek	feded	fedi	fedjük	feditek	fedik
	Past	Indefinite	fedtem	fedtél	fedett	fedtünk	fedtetek	fedtek
		Definite	fedtem én téged/titeket fedtelek	fedted	fedte	fedtük	fedtétek	fedték
Conditional mood	Present	Indefinite	fednék	fednél	fedne	fednénk	fednétek	fednének
		Definite	fedném én téged/titeket fednélek	fednéd	fedné	fednénk	fednétek	fednék
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indefinite	fedjek	fedj or fedjél	fedjen	fedjünk	fedjetek	fedjenek
		Definite	fedjem én téged/titeket fedjelek	fedd or fedjed	fedje	fedjük	fedjétek	fedjék
Conjugated infinitive			fednem	fedned	fednie	fednünk	fednetek	fedniük

Derived terms

• fedés
• fedetlen
• fedez

(With verbal prefixes):

• átfed
• befed
• elfed
• felfed
• fölfed
• lefed

(Expressions):

• nem fedi a valóságot

See also

• fedd

References

1. Entry #744 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
3. Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #754

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fed/

Noun

fed (plural feds)

1. federation

Declension

declension of fed

	singular	plural
nominative	fed	feds
genitive	feda	fedas
dative	fede	fedes
accusative	fedi	fedis
vocative 1	o fed!	o feds!
predicative 2	fedu	fedus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in some later, non-classical Volapük only