fade

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Etymology 1

From Middle English fade, fede, of uncertain origin. Compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy, discreet, well-regulated”). See also fad.

Adjective

fade (comparative fader or more fade, superlative fadest or most fade)

1. (archaic) Strong; bold; doughty

Etymology 2

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

Adjective

fade (comparative fader, superlative fadest)

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

     Passages that are somewhat fade.

   • De Quincey

     His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.

Translations

tasteless

• Bulgarian: блудкав (bg) (bludkav)
• Dutch: saai (nl), smaakloos

• Esperanto: sensuka
• French: fade (fr)

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.

Translations

golf shot that curves to the right

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To become faded; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
   • Bible, Is. xxiv. 4

     The earth mourneth and fadeth away.

2. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
   • Milton

     flowers that never fade

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, The China Governess^[1]:

     The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

3. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

   The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.

   • Addison

     The stars shall fade away.

   • Shakespeare

     He makes a swanlike end, / Fading in music.

   • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

     A strange thing was that Bovary, while continually thinking of Emma, was forgetting her. He grew desperate as he felt this image fading from his memory in spite of all efforts to retain it. Yet every night he dreamt of her; it was always the same dream. He drew near her, but when he was about to clasp her she fell into decay in his arms.

4. (transitive) To cause to fade.

Synonyms

• decrease, wane, become smaller

Translations

to become faded

• Armenian: թառամել (tʿaṙamel)
• Bulgarian: вехна (bg) (vehna), увяхвам (bg) (uvjahvam)
• Danish: falme
• Dutch: verzwakken (nl), verslappen, verwelken (nl) (plants)
• Finnish: heikentyä, heiketä
• French: s'affadir (fr), faner (fr), flétrir (fr)
• German: verwelken (plant)
• Greek: σβήνομαι (el) (svínomai)
• Hungarian: halványul (hu), elhalványul (hu)

• Kyrgyz: ыраңын кетирүү (ky) (ırañın ketirüü), түсүн өчүрүү (ky) (tüsün öçürüü), боёосун кетирүү (ky) (boyoosun ketirüü), көркөмүн кетирүү (ky) (körkömün ketirüü)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svekkes (reflexive), forgå, falme

• Polish: więdnąć (pl)
• Romanian: apune (ro)
• Russian: вянуть (ru) (vjánut') impf., увядать (ru) (uvjadát') impf. (esp. of flowers);(of signal,process) затухать (ru) (zatuxát') impf.

to lose freshness

• Armenian: գունաթափվել (gunatʿapʿvel)
• Bulgarian: избелявам (bg) (izbeljavam), обезцветявам се (obezcvetjavam se)
• Dutch: verbleken (nl), verwelken (nl)
• Finnish: haalistua, kauhtua, himmetä (fi), haaltua
• French: s'affadir (fr)

• German: verblassen
• Hungarian: halványul (hu), fakul (hu)
• Russian: выцветать (ru) impf (vycvetat'), обесцвечиваться (obescvéčivat'sja), блёкнуть (ru) impf, impf (bljóknut'), выгорать (ru) (vygorát') impf. (from the sun)

to vanish

• Bulgarian: заглъхвам (bg) (zaglǎhvam)
• Dutch: verzinken (nl), verdwijnen (nl), wegkwijnen (nl)
• Finnish: haihtua (fi), häipyä (fi), kaikota, karkota, hämärtyä

• French: s'évanouir (fr)
• Greek: σβήνομαι (el) (svínomai)
• Russian: исчезать (ru) impf (isčezát'), пропадать (ru) impf (propadát')

to cause to fade

• Finnish: haalistaa, himmentää (fi), kauhduttaa, heikentää, häivyttää, hämärtää, haihduttaa, karkottaa (fi)
• Greek: σβήνω (el) (svíno)

• Hungarian: halványít (hu), fakít (hu)
• Jèrriais: dêteindre
• Russian: обесцвечивать (ru) (obescvéčivat') impf. (cause to lose colour)

Anagrams

• deaf, Deaf
• EDFA

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aðə

Adjective

fade

1. definite of fad
2. plural form of fad

Noun

fade n

1. plural indefinite of fad

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Finnish

Noun

fade

1. (slang) father

Declension

Declension of fade (Kotus type 8/nalle)

		singular	plural
nominative		fade	fadet
accusative	zero?	fade	fadet
	normal	faden
genitive		faden	fadejen fadeinrare
partitive		fadea	fadeja
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

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad/

Adjective

fade m (feminine fade, masculine plural fades, feminine plural fades)

1. tasteless, insipid
2. boring; lukewarm

Synonyms

• (lacking in interesting features): terne, insignifiant

Noun

fade m (plural fades)

1. share of loot / booty

Verb

fade

1. first-person singular present indicative of fader
2. third-person singular present indicative of fader
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fader
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of fader
5. second-person singular imperative of fader

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German

Alternative forms

• fad (chiefly, but not exclusively, southern German and Austrian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːdə/

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."

Declension

Positive forms of fade

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist fade	sie ist fade	es ist fade	sie sind fade
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 fade

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 fade

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