fadaise

== English == === Etymology === From French fadaise. === Noun === fadaise (plural fadaises) A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Occitan fadeza, fadeso (“foolishness, self-satisfaction, complacency”), ultimately from Latin fatuus. Compare fade (“insipid”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.dɛz/ === Noun === fadaise f (plural fadaises) (chiefly in the plural) uninteresting or banal thought; twaddle ==== Descendants ==== → English: fadaise → Swedish: fadäs c === Further reading === “fadaise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012