farder

== French == === Etymology 1 === From Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to apply make-up, use cosmetics”), a borrowing from Frankish *farwidōn (“to dye, colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old High German farwjan (“to colour”), German Farbe f (“colour”), Sanskrit पृश्नि (pṛśni, “motley”), Welsh erch (“dark brown”), perhaps Latin pulcher (“beautiful”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /faʁ.de/ ==== Verb ==== farder to disguise to make up or paint (the face) to represent in a false light; to augment with falsehoods or affectations ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Italian: fard → Turkish: far === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle French farder, from Old French farder, from Old French farde. More at farde. ==== Verb ==== farder to weigh heavily; to be burdensome to settle or sink downwards === Further reading === “farder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012