fard

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French fard (“make-up, cosmetics”), from farder (“to apply make-up, use cosmetics”), from Old 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”) (High German Farbe (“colour”)), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”) (Low German Farwe (“colour”)), Latin pulcher (“beautiful”), Welsh erch (“dark brown”).

Noun

fard (uncountable)

1. Colour or paint used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
   • J. Whitaker

     Painted with French fard.

Translations

colour or paint used on the face

• Icelandic: farði (is) m, andlitsfarði (is) m, smink (is) n, litur (is) m, kinnalitur (is) m

Verb

fard (third-person singular simple present fards, present participle farding, simple past and past participle farded)

1. (transitive) To paint, as the face or cheeks.
   • Zachary Boyd

     The fairest are but farded like the face of Jezebel.

Translations

to paint, as the face or cheeks

• Icelandic: farða (is)

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French fard (“make-up, cosmetics”), from farder (“to apply make-up, use cosmetics”), from Old 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”), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”). See more above.

Noun

fard m (plural fards)

1. make-up

Derived terms

• farder

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Italian

Noun

fard m (invariable)

1. blusher, rouge

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic فرد (fard)

Adjective

fard

1. odd (not even)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fardiz.

Noun

fard f

1. traffic, journey