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”); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæd/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

fad (plural fads)

1. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
   • 2004, Andre R. Young, "Encore", 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

• faddish
• faddy

Translations

phenomenon

• Dutch: modegril (nl), manie (nl), liefhebberij (nl)
• Finnish: muotihullutus, villitys (fi), muoti (fi)
• French: mode (fr) f
• German: Mode (de) f, Trend (de) m, Modeerscheinung f, Fimmel (de) m
• Italian: moda (it) f, andazzo (it) m, tendenza (it) f
• Kyrgyz: кызыгуу (ky) (kızıguu), кызыгып ээлигүү (ky) (kızıgıp eeligüü), кумардануу (ky) (kumardanuu), ээлигүү (ky) (eeligüü), берилүү (ky) (berilüü)
• 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
• Turkish: moda (tr), trend (tr)

Anagrams

• ADF, D.F.A., DAF, DFA, FDA, daf

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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, 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

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German

Alternative forms

• fade (predominant in the northern half of Germany)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective

fad (comparative fader, superlative am fadesten or am fadsten)

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

Declension

Positive forms of fad

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

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fot.

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 fad (“still; all; always”)
• ar fud (“throughout, among”)
• cá fhad (“how long?”)
• dá fhad (“however long”)
• 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)
• fad gach aon fhaid (“as long as can be”)
• fad is (“as long as”)
• fad le (“as far as”)
• fadleicneach (“long-cheeked”)
• fadsaolach (“long-lived”)
• fadscéalach (“long-winded”)
• fadscríob (“long course”)
• fadscríobach (“long-distance, long-drawn-out”)
• fadscrogallach (“long-necked”)
• fadsrónach (“long-nosed”)
• i bhfad (“far; for a long time”)
• tonnfhad (“wavelength”)

 

Related terms

• ar fud (“throughout”)
• 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.

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fot, fat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “fad” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "fad" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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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
without article	nominative/accusative	faden	fad	fad	fad
	dative	fadem	fader	fadem	faden
with article	nominative/accusative	faden	fad	fad	fad
	dative	faden	fader	faden	faden

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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

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	fadelor

Synonyms

• searbăd, insipid, fără gust

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fad m (genitive singular 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?

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.

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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