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faber

UK/ˈfeɪ.bə/US/ˈfeɪ.bɚ/

faber is the comparative form of fabe.

Meaning of fabe

Adjective

fabe (comparative faber, superlative fabest)

  1. (Polari) Fantastic; great.
    • Vada well: zhooshed riah, the shyckle mauve, full slap, rouge for days, fake ogle riahs, fortuni cocktail and mother's fabest slingbacks.2002, Paul Baker, Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men, page 143

Proper noun capitalized: Faber

Faber

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

Origin of faber

From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Favre, both from Latin faber (“craftsman”). Doublet of Dobry.

Words formed from faber

  • Faberian

Phrases with faber

Words that rhyme with faber

Questions about faber

What does faber mean?
Faber means a surname.
What is faber the comparative form of?
Faber is the comparative form of fabe.
What part of speech is faber?
Faber is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce faber?
Faber is pronounced /ˈfeɪ.bə/ (UK).

Words near faber in the dictionary

  1. fabello-
  2. fabellofemoral
  3. fabellofibular
  4. fabellopatellar
  5. fabellotibial
  6. faber
  7. Faberge
  8. Faberge egg
  9. Faberge eggs
  10. Fabergé
  11. Fabergé egg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: faber (page history and authors); Faber (page history and authors); fabe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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