fade

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /feɪd/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /fæɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”). ==== Adjective ==== fade (comparative fader, superlative fadest) (archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless. Synonym: dull 1825, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell Passages that are somewhat fade. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== fade (plural fades) (golf) A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed). Coordinate terms: slice, hook, draw A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade. Synonym: skin fade Hyponyms: taper fade, Boosie fade (slang) A fight. (music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song). (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fade (third-person singular simple present fades, present participle fading, simple past and past participle faded) (transitive, golf) To hit the ball with the shot called a fade. (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, A strange thing was that Bovary, while continually thinking of Emma, was forgetting her. He grew desperate as he felt this image fading from his memory in spite of all efforts to retain it. Yet every night he dreamt of her; it was always the same dream. He drew near her, but when he was about to clasp her she fell into decay in his arms. (transitive) To cause to fade. (transitive, gambling) To bet against (someone). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Alternative forms ==== vade (obsolete) ==== Synonyms ==== (grow weak, lose strength): weaken, wither (lose freshness, color, or brightness): blanch, bleach (sink away): decrease, diminish, wane === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fade, fede, of uncertain origin. Compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy, discreet, well-regulated”). See also fad. ==== Adjective ==== fade (comparative fader or more fade, superlative fadest or most fade) (archaic) Strong; bold; doughty. === Anagrams === Deaf, EDFA, FDEA, deaf == Danish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aːdə === Adjective === fade definite of fad plural of fad === Noun === fade n indefinite plural of fad == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swedish fader (“father”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɑde/, [ˈfɑ̝de̞] Rhymes: -ɑde Syllabification(key): fa‧de Hyphenation(key): fa‧de === Noun === fade (slang) father ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== isä (standard) === Further reading === “fade”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fad/ === Etymology 1 === From Vulgar Latin *fatidus, blend of Latin fatuus and vapidus. ==== Adjective ==== fade (plural fades) tasteless, insipid boring; lukewarm ===== Synonyms ===== (lacking in interesting features): terne, insignifiant ===== Descendants ===== → Swedish: fadd ==== Noun ==== fade m (plural fades) (crime slang) share of loot / booty ==== Verb ==== fade inflection of fader: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === From Latin fata (“the Fates”). See fada. ==== Noun ==== fade f (plural fades) (regional) fairy. === Further reading === “fade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === fade inflection of fadar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == German == === Alternative forms === fad (particularly in southern Germany and Austria) === Etymology === Borrowed from French fade, from Vulgar Latin fatidus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaːdə/ Homophone: Pfade (only according to a regional pronunciation of this word) Rhymes: -aːdə === Adjective === fade (strong nominative masculine singular fader, comparative fader, superlative am fadesten or am fadsten) bland, flavorless, stale, boring 1922, Rudolf Steiner, Nationalökonomischer Kurs, Erster Vortrag flat (of carbonated beverages) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “fade” in Duden online “fade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Portuguese == === Verb === fade inflection of fadar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Yola == === Pronoun === fade alternative form of faade === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39