fad

See also: FAD, fàd, fād, fäd, and fád

English

Etymology

Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ġefæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ġefadian (“to set in order, arrange”), whence Middle English faden (“to arrange”)); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæd/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

fad (plural fads)

1. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
   • 2004, Andre R. Young, “Encore”, in Encore:

     You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back.

   • 2010, Eric J. Cesal, Down Detour Road: An Architect in Search of Practice, page 134:

     The pet rock fad was started by an advertising executive named Gary Dahl. The premise was simple: take ordinary rocks, glue eyes on them, and market them as pets.

Derived terms

• fad diet
• faddish
• faddy

Translations

phenomenon

• Arabic: تَقْلِيعَة (taqlīʕa)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: moda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: přechodná móda, módní výstřelek, pobláznění
• Dutch: modegril (nl), manie (nl), rage (nl)
• Esperanto: furoro
• Finnish: villitys (fi), muoti-ilmiö, muotivillitys, muotihullutus, muoti (fi)
• French: mode (fr) f, lubie (fr) f
• German: Mode (de) f, Trend (de) m, Modeerscheinung f, Fimmel (de) m
• Italian: moda (it) f, andazzo (it) m, tendenza (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kyrgyz: кызыгуу (ky) (kızıguu), кызыгып ээлигүү (ky) (kızıgıp eeligüü), кумардануу (ky) (kumardanuu), ээлигүү (ky) (eeligüü), берилүү (ky) (berilüü)
• Macedonian: за́нес m (zánes), мо́да f (móda), ма́нија f (mánija)
• Norwegian: trend (no) m
• Plautdietsch: Daumel m
• Polish: moda (pl) f
• Portuguese: moda (pt) f
• Russian: причу́да (ru) f (pričúda)
• Serbo-Croatian: moda (sh) f, modni trend, modni hir
• Spanish: moda (es) f, moda pasajera f
• Swedish: fluga (sv) c, dagslända (sv) c
• Tagalog: uso (tl)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: moda (tr), trend (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• craze
• trend

Anagrams

• ADF, D.F.A., DAF, DFA, FDA, daf

Bavarian

Etymology

From French fade (“tasteless”), from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, blend of Latin fatuus and vapidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːd̥/

Adjective

fad (comparative fader, superlative åm fadestn)

1. vapid, flavourless, bland
2. boring, bored

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, plural and definite singular attributive fade)

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

Inflection

Declension of fad

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

German

Alternative forms

• fade (predominant in the northern half of Germany)

Etymology

From French fade (“tasteless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːt/
• Homophones: Fahrt, Pfad (non-standard)

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective

fad (strong nominative masculine singular fader, comparative fader, superlative am fadesten or am fadsten)

1. (predominant in southern Germany and Austria) vapid, flavourless, bland

   Synonyms: schal, langweilig, geschmacklos

   Das Essen schmeckt fad. ― The food tastes bland.

2. (by extension) boring, bored

   Synonym: langweilig

   Das war ein fader Film. ― That was a boring film.

   Mir ist so fad. ― I am so bored.

Declension

Positive forms of fad

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist fad	sie ist fad	es ist fad	sie sind fad
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fader	fade	fades	fade
	genitive	faden	fader	faden	fader
	dative	fadem	fader	fadem	faden
	accusative	faden	fade	fades	fade
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fade	die fade	das fade	die faden
	genitive	des faden	der faden	des faden	der faden
	dative	dem faden	der faden	dem faden	den faden
	accusative	den faden	die fade	das fade	die faden
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fader	eine fade	ein fades	(keine) faden
	genitive	eines faden	einer faden	eines faden	(keiner) faden
	dative	einem faden	einer faden	einem faden	(keinen) faden
	accusative	einen faden	eine fade	ein fades	(keine) faden

Comparative forms of fad

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist fader	sie ist fader	es ist fader	sie sind fader
strong declension (without article)	nominative	faderer	fadere	faderes	fadere
	genitive	faderen	faderer	faderen	faderer
	dative	faderem	faderer	faderem	faderen
	accusative	faderen	fadere	faderes	fadere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fadere	die fadere	das fadere	die faderen
	genitive	des faderen	der faderen	des faderen	der faderen
	dative	dem faderen	der faderen	dem faderen	den faderen
	accusative	den faderen	die fadere	das fadere	die faderen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein faderer	eine fadere	ein faderes	(keine) faderen
	genitive	eines faderen	einer faderen	eines faderen	(keiner) faderen
	dative	einem faderen	einer faderen	einem faderen	(keinen) faderen
	accusative	einen faderen	eine fadere	ein faderes	(keine) faderen

Superlative forms of fad

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am fadesten er ist am fadsten	sie ist am fadesten sie ist am fadsten	es ist am fadesten es ist am fadsten	sie sind am fadesten sie sind am fadsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fadester fadster	fadeste fadste	fadestes fadstes	fadeste fadste
	genitive	fadesten fadsten	fadester fadster	fadesten fadsten	fadester fadster
	dative	fadestem fadstem	fadester fadster	fadestem fadstem	fadesten fadsten
	accusative	fadesten fadsten	fadeste fadste	fadestes fadstes	fadeste fadste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fadeste der fadste	die fadeste die fadste	das fadeste das fadste	die fadesten die fadsten
	genitive	des fadesten des fadsten	der fadesten der fadsten	des fadesten des fadsten	der fadesten der fadsten
	dative	dem fadesten dem fadsten	der fadesten der fadsten	dem fadesten dem fadsten	den fadesten den fadsten
	accusative	den fadesten den fadsten	die fadeste die fadste	das fadeste das fadste	die fadesten die fadsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fadester ein fadster	eine fadeste eine fadste	ein fadestes ein fadstes	(keine) fadesten (keine) fadsten
	genitive	eines fadesten eines fadsten	einer fadesten einer fadsten	eines fadesten eines fadsten	(keiner) fadesten (keiner) fadsten
	dative	einem fadesten einem fadsten	einer fadesten einer fadsten	einem fadesten einem fadsten	(keinen) fadesten (keinen) fadsten
	accusative	einen fadesten einen fadsten	eine fadeste eine fadste	ein fadestes ein fadstes	(keine) fadesten (keine) fadsten

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fot. Compare Scottish Gaelic fad.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /fˠɑd̪ˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠad̪ˠ/

Noun

fad m (genitive singular faid, nominative plural faid)

1. length

Declension

Declension of fad

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

Derived terms

• a fhad is (“as long as”)
• a fhad le (“as far as”)
• aonadfhad m (“unit length”)
• ar a fhad (“lengthwise”)
• ar fad (“still; all; always”)
• ar fud (“throughout, among”)
• cá fhad (“how long?”)
• dá fhad (“however long”)
• fad gach aon fhaid (“as long as can be”)
• fad is (“as long as”)
• fad le (“as far as”)
• fadamharcach (“long-sighted”)
• fadanálach (“slow-breathing”)
• fadaraí (“patience”)
• fadaraíonach (“long-suffering, patient; long-headed”)
• fadbheartach (“deliberate”)
• fadbhreathnaitheach (“far-seeing”)
• fadcheannach (“far-seeing”)
• fadcheannaitheach (“long-featured”)
• fadchluasach (“long-eared”)
• fadchosach (“long-legged”)
• fadchumhach (“long-sorrowing”)
• fadchúrsach (“long-ranging”)
• fadfhulaingt (“long suffering”, noun)
• fadfhulangach (“long-suffering”, adjective)
• fadleicneach (“long-cheeked”)
• fadsaolach (“long-lived”)
• fadscéalach (“long-winded”)
• fadscríob (“long course”)
• fadscríobach (“long-distance, long-drawn-out”)
• fadsrónach (“long-nosed”)
• i bhfad (“far; for a long time”)
• tonnfhad (“wavelength”)

 

Related terms

• fada (“long”)
• fadaigh (“lengthen”)
• fadáil (“delaying, lingering”)
• fadaíocht (“lengthiness”)
• fadó (“long ago”)
• fadóg (“long or elongated object”)
• fadú (“lengthening”)
• faide (“length”)

 

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.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fot, fat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French fade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective

fad (masculine faden, neuter fad, comparative méi fad, superlative am faadsten)

1. bland, insipid, tasteless
2. dull, boring, bland

Declension

declension of fad

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass fad	si ass fad	et ass fad	si si(nn) fad
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	faden	fad	fad	fad
	independent without determiner			fades	fader
dative	after any declined word	faden	fader	faden	faden
	as first declined word	fadem		fadem

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad/
• Rhymes: -ad

Adjective

fad m or n (feminine singular fadă, masculine plural fazi, feminine and neuter plural fade)

1. tasteless, flavorless, insipid

   Synonyms: searbăd, insipid, fără gust

Declension

Declension of fad

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fad		fadă	fazi	fade
	definite	fadul		fada	fazii	fadele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fad		fade	fazi	fade
	definite	fadului		fadei	fazilor	fadilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fot, from Proto-Celtic *wazdos, which could be from the same root as *wāstos (“empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fat̪/

Noun

fad m (genitive singular faid or faide)

1. length
2. distance
3. duration

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• fada

Determiner

fad

1. all, whole

   A bheil sibh fad an latha ann?

   Have you been there all the day?

Mutation

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

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fad”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad/

Noun

fad (nominative plural fads)

1. thread

Declension

declension of fad

	singular	plural
nominative	fad	fads
genitive	fada	fadas
dative	fade	fades
accusative	fadi	fadis
vocative 1	o fad!	o fads!
predicative 2	fadu	fadus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• fadäd
• lefad

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English what (“why”), from Old English hwæt (“why”). Spelling was influenced by Irish fád.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸɔːd/

Adverb

fad

1. why

   Synonym: farthoo

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     Fad didn'st thou cum t' ouz on zum other dey?

     [Why didn't you come to us on some other day?]

Related terms

• faade (“what”)

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 131