fair
English
/fɛə/, /fɛəɹ/, /feː(ə)/, /fɪə/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) 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.
- (nautical) Favorable to a ship's course.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- (baseball) Between the baselines.
- (rugby) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- (cricket) Not a no-ball.
- (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fayr inherited from Old English fæġer (beautiful) inherited from *fagr inherited from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (nice, fitting, suitable) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (fasten, place, attach, agreement, peace).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂ḱ-
Gloss
fasten, place, attach, agreement, peace
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- Fairbank English
- Fairbanks English
- May English
- Mayfair English
- bank English
- fair-goer English
- fair-handed English
- fair-handedly English
- fair-handedness English
- fair-minded English
- fair-mindedly English
- fair-mindedness English
- fairdom English
- fairest English
- fairgoer English
- fairground English
- fairgrounds English
- fairhanded English
- fairhandedly English
- fairhandedness English
- fairheaded English
- fairhood English
- fairish English
- fairishly English
- fairlead English
- fairleader English
- fairlike English
- fairling English
- fairly English
- fairmaid English
- fairminded English
- fairmindedly English
- fairmindedness English
- fairness English
- fairsome English
- fairwater English
- fairway English
- fayre English
- fun English
- funfair English
- goer English
- ground English
- grounds English
- handed English
- headed English
- hyperfair English
- lead English
- leader English
- maid English
- minded English
- unfair English
- unfairly English
- unfairness English
- water English
- way English
- paciscor Latin
- Fairness German
- fair German
- fairerweise German
- unfair German
- fair Hungarian
- fairway Dutch, Flemish
- *peh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- fager Norwegian Bokmål
- feira Portuguese
- *fagraz Proto-Germanic
- fager Swedish
- fair Polish
- fager Norwegian Nynorsk
- fæger Old English
- fægernes Old English
- fægerra Old English
- fæġer Old English
- unfæger Old English
- fairness Middle English
- fayr Middle English
- fayrly Middle English
- unfair Middle English
- fagr Old Norse
- fagrleikr Old Norse
- fager Danish
- *pěkrъ Proto-Slavic
- fér Czech
- férový Czech
- nefér Czech
- fer Serbo-Croatian
- fagur Icelandic
- fagurblár Icelandic
- fagurfræði Icelandic
- fagurfífill Icelandic
- fagurgæs Icelandic
- feira Galician
- Tegwen Welsh
- tecach Welsh
- tecaf Welsh
- teced Welsh
- teg Welsh
- tegan Welsh
- tegwch Welsh
- fagar Old High German
- álaind Old Irish
- àlainn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- fagur Faroese
- 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *fagr gmw-pro
- feira Old Portuguese
- fagar Old Saxon
- pekný Slovak
- fagher Old Swedish
- fager Westrobothnian
- May
- way
- fun
- maid
- lead
- bank
- goer
- water
- fayre
- handed
- leader
- fairly
- minded
- headed
- unfair
- ground
- grounds
- fairish
- fairest
- fairdom
- Mayfair
- fairway
- funfair
- fairsome
- fairhood
- fairling
- fairmaid
- Fairbank
- unfairly
- fairlike
- fairlead
- fairgoer
- fairness
- fairishly
- hyperfair
- Fairbanks
- fair-goer
- fairwater
- unfairness
- fairhanded
- fairground
- fairminded
- fairheaded
- fairleader
- fair-minded
- fair-handed
- fairgrounds
- fairhandedly
- fairmindedly
- fair-mindedly
- fair-handedly
- fairhandedness
- fairmindedness
- fair-mindedness
- fair-handedness