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fare¹

  • /ˈfɛə/ UK
  • [ˈfɛə̯] UK
  • [ˈfɛː] UK
  • /ˈfɛː/ British, Southern, Standard
  • [ˈfɛː] British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈfeː/ Australia
  • [ˈfeː] Australia
  • /ˈfeə/
  • [ˈfe̝ə]
  • /ˈfiə/
  • [ˈfiə]
  • /ˈfɜː(ɹ)/
  • [ˈfɜː(ɹ)]
  • /ˈfɛɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈfɛɚ] ~ [ˈfɛɹ̩] Canada, US
  • /ˈfeɾ/ Scotland
  • [ˈfe(ː)ɾ] Scotland

Sounds like fair, fear (cheer–chair merger), fir, fur (both fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).

noun fares

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage. thoroughfare
  2. countable Money paid for a transport ticket. train fare
  3. countable A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  4. uncountable Food and drink. “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”
  5. uncountable Supplies for consumption or pleasure. The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.
  6. UK, countable, slang A prostitute's client.

fare²

  • /ˈfɛə/ UK
  • [ˈfɛə̯] UK
  • [ˈfɛː] UK
  • /ˈfɛː/ British, Southern, Standard
  • [ˈfɛː] British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈfeː/ Australia
  • [ˈfeː] Australia
  • /ˈfeə/
  • [ˈfe̝ə]
  • /ˈfiə/
  • [ˈfiə]
  • /ˈfɜː(ɹ)/
  • [ˈfɜː(ɹ)]
  • /ˈfɛɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈfɛɚ] ~ [ˈfɛɹ̩] Canada, US
  • /ˈfeɾ/ Scotland
  • [ˈfe(ː)ɾ] Scotland

Sounds like fair, fear (cheer–chair merger), fir, fur (both fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).

Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).

verb fares · faring · fared

  1. intransitive To experience luck, fortune or treatment (of a certain kind). She fared badly in the accident.
  2. intransitive To proceed or progress (in a certain way). We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models.
  3. impersonal, intransitive To happen or occur (in a certain way). We shall see how it fares with him.
  4. archaic, intransitive To go; to travel. Behold! A knight fares forth.
  5. archaic, intransitive To eat; to dine. There was a certain rich man which […] fared sumptuously every day.

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