fast

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
3. Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
4. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
5. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
6. Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.
7. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
8. Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
9. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
10. Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
11. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
12. (dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
13. (dated, offensive, vernacular) Uncharacteristically mature or promiscuous for one's age.
14. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
15. More sensitive to light than average.

Noun

A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.

Intj

Ellipsis of stand fast, a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.

Adv

1. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
2. Deeply or soundly .
3. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
4. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
5. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
2. (intransitive) To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
3. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.

Noun

1. The act or practice of fasting, religious abstinence from food.
2. Any of the fasting periods in the liturgical year.

Concepts

rapide

jeûner

vite

rapidement

jeûne

prompt

faire vite

ferme

très rapide

profondément

promptement

solidement

dissolu

tôt

de moeurs légères

de mœurs légères

dévergondé

d’ici peu

être rapide

fermement

prestement

rapidemetn

rapides

s’abstenir de

très rapidement

agile

au pied léger

bref

carême

droit

fréquent

immobile

libertin

nerveux

pas

résistant

se dépêcher

solide

stable

Opposé de

loose, penetrable, weak, light, behind, slow, local, slow train, stopper, loosely, lightly, slowly

Synonymes

quick

quickly

rapid

swift

rapidly

speedy

swiftly

speedily

fasting

prompt

firm

firmly

promptly

hastily

early

strong

expeditious

hard

strongly

abstain

apace

flying

hurriedly

fleet

tight

tightly

starve

agile

nimble

securely

solid

solidly

in haste

soon

🔜

immediately

hurry

hurried

speed

very fast

steadfast

diet

high-speed

express

hot

🥵

presto

libertine

in a hurry

sharp

immobile

close

Traductions

schnell

rápido

rapido

snel

veloce

rápido

ayunar

rasch

vlug

geschwind

fasten

digiunare

rápidamente

vasten

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɑːst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: fast

Hérité de ancien anglais: fæst

Hérité de moyen anglais: fasten

Hérité de ancien anglais: fæstan

Hérité de ancien anglais: fæsten

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: fasta

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: fasten

Appartenant à allemand: Fasten

In summary

From Middle English fast, fest, from Old English fæst (“firm, secure”), from Proto-West Germanic *fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.
The development of “rapid” from an original sense of “secure” apparently happened first in the adverb and then transferred to the adjective; compare hard in expressions like “to run hard”. The original sense of “secure, firm” is now slightly archaic, but retained in the related fasten (“make secure”). Also compare close meaning change from Latin rapiō (“to snatch”) to Latin rapidus (“rapid, quick”), from Irish sciob (“to snatch”) to Irish sciobtha (“quick”).

Phrases

He was going too fast by a long shot .

Il allait trop vite à long terme.

Write fast if you want to finish early .

Écrivez rapidement si vous voulez finir tôt.

How fast is your motorbike ?

Quelle est la vitesse de votre moto?