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/
• 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.

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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective

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

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

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠɑd̪ˠ/
• 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”)
• 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”)
• 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, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fot, fat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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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
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

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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	fadilor

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