fair
Betekenis
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- Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- Just, equitable.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Favorable to a ship's course.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Between the baselines.
- Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- Not a no ball.
- Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/fɛə/
Etymologie
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.
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