fade

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Adjective 4.3.1 Synonyms 5 German 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French fader, from fade.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: feɪd
• Rhymes: -eɪd

[edit] Adjective

fade (comparative fader, superlative fadest)

1. (archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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[edit] Noun

fade (plural fades)

1. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.
2. 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.

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[edit] Verb

to fade (third-person singular simple present fades, present participle fading, simple past and past participle faded)

1. (intransitive) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
2. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
3. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

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• decrease, wane, become smaller

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of adef
• deaf, Deaf
• EDFA

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Adjective

fade

1. Definite of fad.
2. Plural of fad.

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fade n.

1. Plural indefinite of fad.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

fade

1. (slang) father

[edit] Declension

Declension of fade (type nalle) singular plural nominative fade fadet genitive faden fadejen fadein1 partitive fadea fadeja accusative fade faden fadet inessive fadessa fadeissa elative fadesta fadeista illative fadeen fadeihin adessive fadella fadeilla ablative fadelta fadeilta allative fadelle fadeille essive fadena fadeina translative fadeksi fadeiksi instructive – fadein abessive fadetta fadeitta comitative – fadeineen 1) Rare.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fatidus, blend of Latin fatuus and vapidus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fad/

[edit] Adjective

fade m. (f. fade, m. plural fades, f. plural fades)

1. tasteless, insipid
2. boring; lukewarm

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• (lacking in interesting features): terne, insignifiant

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈfaːdə

[edit] Adjective

fade (comparative fader, superlative am fadesten)

1. fade
   • 1922, Rudolf Steiner, Nationalökonomischer Kurs, Erster Vortrag

     Solch eine Volkswirtschaftslehre würde der Engländer fade gefunden haben. Man denkt doch über solche Dinge nicht nach, würde er gesagt haben.

     An Englishman would have thought of such an economical theory as bland. He would have said, "One doesn’t think about such things."