fair

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. (archaic, literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
2. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
3. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
4. Just, equitable.
5. Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
6. Favorable to a ship's course.
7. Favorable, pleasant.
8. Favorable, pleasant.
9. Favorable, pleasant.
10. Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
11. Between the baselines.
12. Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
13. Not a no ball.
14. Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.

Noun

1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
2. (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
3. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
4. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
5. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.

Verb

1. (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
2. (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
3. (transitive) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
4. (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To make fair or beautiful.
6. (intransitive) To become fair (favorable, not stormy).
7. 1929, James Frank Dobie, A Vaquero of the Brush Country, page 88
8. 1929, James Frank Dobie, A Vaquero of the Brush Country, page 88:
   ... weather "faired off" next morning, and we were not a bit sorry to mark time for a couple of days while the water went down.
9. 1992 05, Wallace O. Chariton, Charlie Eckhardt, Kevin Young, Unsolved Texas Mysteries, Taylor Trade Publications, →ISBN, page 205
10. 1992 05, Wallace O. Chariton, Charlie Eckhardt, Kevin Young, Unsolved Texas Mysteries, Taylor Trade Publications, →ISBN, page 205:
    ... weather faired up but there was no thought of delay; it was time for Texas to move forward and form a new, independent government. In an effort to combat the frigid conditions, the delegates nailed thin pieces of cloth over the[…]
11. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fair.

Adv

1. Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.
2. (Ireland) Almost; to a great extent but not literally.

Noun

1. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
2. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
3. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
4. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).

Oposto a

swarthy

Sinónimos

just

beautiful

equitable

market

handsome

blond

reasonable

impartial

right

fine

honest

pretty

bazaar

righteous

exhibition

unbiased

lovely

clean

proper

exposition

upright

good-looking

show

clear

blonde

legitimate

mediocre

unprejudiced

respectable

bright

good

👍

comely

objective

funfair

festival

trade fair

charming

carnival

light

correct

nice

fair-haired

fairly

true

average

even

equal

attractive

fairish

middling

Traducións

feria

juste

fiera

justo

giusto

foire

Messe

feira

gerecht

schön

rechtvaardig

bello

beau

Jahrmarkt

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/fɛə/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: fayr

Herdado de Old English: fæġer

Relativo a escocés: fayr

Relativo a dinamarqués: feir

Relativo a noruegués: fager

Relativo a sueco: fager

Relativo a islandés: fagur

Relativo a Umbrian: pacer

Relativo a eslovaco: pekný

Herdado de Middle English: feyre

In summary

From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“suitable, fitting, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Cognate with Scots fayr, fare (“fair”), Danish feir, faver, fager (“fair, pretty”), Norwegian fager (“fair, pretty”), Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Umbrian pacer (“gracious, merciful, kind”), Slovak pekný (“good-looking, handsome, nice”). See also peace.

Frases

That is not fair at all !

Okay , that seems fair .

The fair lasts for three days .

Fair was born in Coldwater , Michigan .