fad

English

Pronunciation

American, SAMPA: [f{d]

• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

fad (plural fads)

1. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

Translations

phenomenon

Finnish: muotihullutus, villitys, muoti (fi) French: mode (fr) f. Dutch: modegril (nl) , manie (nl),liefhebberij (nl) Norwegian: trend (no) m. Polish: moda (pl)

Portuguese: moda (pt) f. Russian: причуда (ru) f. Swedish: fluga (sv) c.

Anagrams

• daf, DAF
• DFA, D.F.A.
• FDA

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Danish

Etymology 1

From French fade, from Late Latin *fatidus, a blend of Latin fatuus (“foolish”) and vapidus (“vapid”).

Adjective

fad (neuter fad or fadt, definite and plural fade)

1. (taste) insipid, bland, slightly nauseating
2. (figuratively) flat, insipid, vapid

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fat (“vat, vessel, luggage, clothing”).

Noun

fad n. (singular definite fadet, plural indefinite fade)

1. bassin, bowl, dish
2. barrel, cask, vat

Inflection

    Inflection of fad

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	fad	fadet	fade	fadene
genitive	fads	fadets	fades	fadenes

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fˠad̪ˠ]

Noun

fad m.

1. length

Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fad faid Vocative a fhaid a fhada Genitive faid fad Dative fad faid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fad na faid Genitive an fhaid na bhfad Dative leis an bhfad don fhad leis na faid

Related terms

• fada

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fad	fhad	bhfad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fad m. (genitive faid or faide)

1. length
2. distance
3. duration

Derived terms

• a dh'fhaid
• domhan-fhad
• fad-shaoghalach

Related terms

• fada

Determiner

fad

1. all, whole

   A bheil sibh fad an latha ann? - Have you been there all the day?