# fart
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan, from Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-.
The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: färt, IPA: /fɑːt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American) enPR: färt, IPA: /fɑɹt/
** Audio (Western US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

### Verb

fart (third-person singular simple present farts, present participle farting, simple past and past participle farted)
* (intransitive, informal) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
    Synonyms: beef, blow off, break wind, cut one loose, cut the cheese, flatulate, toot, pass gas, pass wind; see also Thesaurus:flatulate
** 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy‎:I fart with twenty ladies by; / They call me beast; and what care I?
* (intransitive, informal, usually as "fart around") To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.
    Synonyms: futz, fool around, fool about
* (transitive, figuratively) To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).
** 1988, Peter Carey, chapter 95, in Oscar and Lucinda‎, London: Faber and Faber, published 1989, page 457:Above his head the funnel farted black soot into the sky.
** 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings‎, New York: Riverhead Books, page 139:We’ve been stuck behind a Ford Escort farting black smoke for ten minutes.

#### Translations
### Noun

fart (plural farts)
* (informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. [from 15th c.]
    I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigel?
    Silent farts are often the smelliest.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart, for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad […].
* (colloquial, derogatory) An irritating person; a fool.
* (colloquial, derogatory, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.
* (Maine) One who is inflexibly meticulous.

#### Synonyms

* (emission of gases): See Thesaurus:flatus

#### Derived terms

* all fart and no poo
* all fart and no shit
* armpit fart
* brain fart
* cackle-fart
* catchfart
* cunt fart
* duck fart
* fanny fart
* fart about
* fart-arse
* fart box
* fart-breath
* fartcatcher
* fartee
* farter
* fartette
* fartface
* fart fan
* fartful
* farthead
* farthole
* fart in an elevator
* fart in a spacesuit
* fart in a windstorm
* fart in a wind storm
* farting
* fart in the wind
* fart knocker
* fart-knocker
* fartknocker
* fartless
* fartlike
* fart off
* fartometer
* fart out
* fart sack
* fartsome
* fart squirrel
* fart tax
* farty
* like a fart in church
* nun's fart
* old fart
* outfart
* pissed as a fart
* pussy fart
* shart
* silent fart
* snart
* sparrow-fart
* sparrow fart
* sparrow's fart
* tinker's fart
* wankfart
* wet fart

#### Translations
### See also

* burp
* flatulence
* flatulent
* flatus
* queef
* wind

### Anagrams

* TRAF, RTFA, frat, raft, traf, FRTA, tarf

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fartus. Compare Spanish harto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfart]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfaɾt]
* Rhymes: -aɾt

### Adjective

fart (feminine farta, masculine plural farts, feminine plural fartes)
* stuffed
* fed up

#### Derived terms

* afartar
* fartaner

### Further reading

* “fart” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German vart, cognate with Dutch vaart, German Fahrt, Old Norse ferð. Doublet of færd (“journey”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /farˀt/, [ˈfɑˀd̥]

### Noun

fart c (singular definite farten, plural indefinite farter)
* (uncountable) speed
    Synonym: (non-technical contexts) hastighed
    Mange trafikulykker sker på grund af for høj fart. ― Many accidents happen because of excessive speed.
* (physics) speed (magnitude of velocity, if seen as a vector)
* (sailing) trip; journey; trade.
    Der er en stigning i antallet af farter mellem Asien og Europa. ― There is an increase in the number of trades between Asia and Europe.
    At være på farten. ― To be on the move.

#### Derived terms

* affart
* bådfart
* forbifart
* færgefart
* gennemfart
* himmelfart
* kystfart
* langfart
* luftfart
* medfart
* nedfart
* nærfart
* overfart
* pendulfart
* rumfart
* rundfart
* rutefart
* skibsfart
* slædefart
* sneglefart
* søfart
* topfart
* trampfart
* valfart

### References

* “fart” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

Probably from Norwegian fart (“travel, velocity, speed”), from Middle Low German vart, Old High German vart, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Related to German Fahrt (“journey, ride”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fart m (plural farts)
* wax (for skis)

#### Derived terms

* fartage
* farter

### Further reading

* “fart”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

far +‎ -t

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɒrt]
* Hyphenation: fart

### Noun

fart
* accusative singular of far

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fart.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /far̥t/
* Rhymes: -ar̥t

### Noun

fart f (genitive singular fartar, no plural)
* (informal) speed
    Það er nú meiri fartin á þér, drengur! ― My, you sure seem to be in a hurry, son!

#### Declension
## Middle English
### Noun

fart
* fart
** late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3806-3810:
    This Nicholas anon leet flee a fart, As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, That with the strook he was almost y-blent; And he was redy with his iren hoot, And Nicholas amidde the ers he smoot.This Nicholas immediately let fly a fart As great as if it had been a thunder-bolt, So that with the stroke he was almost blinded; And he was ready with his hot iron, And he smote Nicholas in the middle of the ass.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vart, related to fare (“fare, travel”).

#### Noun

fart f or m (definite singular farta or farten, indefinite plural farter, definite plural fartene)
* velocity, speed
    Synonyms: hastighet, tempo
* movement, motion
    Synonyms: bevegelse, gang
* transportation
    Synonyms: ferdsel, reise, tur
* high speed, vigor, drive
    Synonyms: driv, fres, liv

##### Derived terms

* fartsdump
* fartsgrense
* fartshump
* fartsmåler
* gjennomsnittsfart
* innfart
* luftfart
* maksfart
* overfart
* romfart
* sjøfart
* sneglefart
* toppfart

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fart
* past participle of fare

### References

* “fart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “fart” in The Ordnett Dictionary

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Middle Low German vart.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɑrt/

### Noun

fart f or m (definite singular farten or farta, indefinite plural farter or fartar, definite plural fartene or fartane)
* speed, velocity
* movement, motion
* transport, transportation, traffic

#### Derived terms

* fartsdump
* fartshump
* gjennomfart
* gjennomsnittsfart
* innfart
* maksfart
* romfart
* sjøfart

### References

* “fart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* vart

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz, whence also Old English fierd, Old Norse ferð.

### Noun

fart f
* trip
* ride

#### Descendants

* German: Fahrt

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Fahrt, from Middle High German fart, from Old High German vart, from Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfart/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -art
* Syllabification: fart

### Noun

fart m inan
* (colloquial) luck
    Synonym: szczęście
    Antonyms: niefart, pech
* (colloquial) fluke; stroke of luck
    Synonyms: fuks, łut szczęścia

#### Derived terms

* fartowny
* farciarz

### Further reading

* fart in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* fart in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German vart, from Old Saxon fard. Cognate with Dutch vaart, German Fahrt. Doublet of färd.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Gotland); “en fart”:(file)

### Noun

fart c
* speed
** 1917, Bible, Jeremiah 48:16:Snart kommer Moabs ofärd, och hans olycka hastar fram med fart.Soon comes Moab’s calamity, and his misery hastes with speed.
** 1944, Pär Lagerkvist, Dvärgen; translated as Alexandra Dick, transl., The Dwarf, 1945:Jag ropade åt körsvennen att sätta upp farten, han klatschade med piskan och vi for iväg.I called to the driver to increase his pace; he cracked his whip and we rolled on.
* (in compounds) Something involving journey, traversal, or movement; either concrete or abstract.
    avfart ― exit, off-ramp (literally, “off-traversal”)
    överfart ― crossing (literally, “over-movement; over-journey”)
    sjöfart ― shipping (literally, “sea-movement; sea-journey”)
    lagfart ― property title (literally, “law-traversal”)

#### Usage notes

* As a suffix in certain compounds (listed separately below) this word takes on the meaning of "road", "ramp" or "journey", just like German Fahrt or Swedish färd, rather than the standalone meaning of speed. Similar compounds with the suffix -färd exist, with slightly different meaning.
* In many compounds and in more formal or scientific use, speed translates to hastighet (“velocity”) rather than fart.

#### Derived terms

* av bara farten
* fartbegränsning
* farthinder
* fartkamera
* fartkontroll
* i farten

##### Compounds with the meaning of road, ramp, or journey

* avfart
* framfart
* infart
* påfart
* tillfart
* underfart
* utfart
* överfart

### See also

* fort
* hastighet
* kareta

### References

* fart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)