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

Etymology 2

Verb

fed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of feed

Derived terms

Anagrams

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

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

Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of federatie.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

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

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

  • nem fedi a valóságot

See also

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

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
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