fade
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
fade (comparative fader, superlative fadest)
- (archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.
- Synonym: dull
- 1825, Francis Jeffery, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell
- Passages that are somewhat fade.
- 1827, Thomas De Quincey, The Last Days of Kant (published in Blackwood's Magazine)
- His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.
Translations[edit]
Noun[edit]
fade (plural fades)
- (golf) A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
- 2011, James Lythgoe, The Golf Swing: It's all in the hands (page 88)
- If you confine yourself to hitting straight shots while you are developing your golf swing, you are less likely to develop a preference for hitting a fade or a draw.
- 2011, James Lythgoe, The Golf Swing: It's all in the hands (page 88)
- 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.
- Synonym: skin fade
- (slang) A fight.
- (music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
- (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- Ace could have done a fade. Instead, he gathered all his courage — which was not inconsiderable, even in his middle age — and went to see the Flying Corson Brothers.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
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Verb[edit]
fade (third-person singular simple present fades, present participle fading, simple past and past participle faded)
- (transitive, golf) To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
- 2011, Gary McCord, Golf For Dummies (page 284)
- The Golden Bear faded the ball from left to right with great consistency, so he seldom had to worry about trouble on the left.
- 2011, Gary McCord, Golf For Dummies (page 284)
- (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Isaiah 24:4:
- The earth mourneth and fadeth away.
- (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- [flowers] that never fade
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in 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.
- (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
- The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.
- c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- He makes a swanlike end, / Fading in music.
- 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI,
- 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.
- 1968 December 8, Henry Cosby; Sylvia Moy; Stevie Wonder (lyrics and music), “I’d Be a Fool Right Now”, in For Once in My Life, performed by Stevie Wonder:
- They say your love will surely fade girl
When things go wrong and trouble calls
- They say your love will surely fade girl
- 2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3:
- And with that, I think we'll leave 2021's tail lamp to fade into the distance.
- (transitive) To cause to fade.
- (transitive, gambling) To bet against.
Synonyms[edit]
- (grow weak, lose strength): weaken, wither
- (lose freshness, color, or brightness): blanch, bleach
- (sink away): decrease, diminish, wane
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English fade, fede, of uncertain origin. Compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy, discreet, well-regulated”). See also fad.
Adjective[edit]
fade (comparative fader or more fade, superlative fadest or most fade)
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Adjective[edit]
fade
Noun[edit]
fade n
- indefinite plural of fad
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
fade
Declension[edit]
Inflection of fade (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | fade | fadet | |
genitive | faden | fadejen | |
partitive | fadea | fadeja | |
illative | fadeen | fadeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fade | fadet | |
accusative | nom. | fade | fadet |
gen. | 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 |
Possessive forms of fade (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | fadeni | fademme |
2nd person | fadesi | fadenne |
3rd person | fadensa |
Synonyms[edit]
- isä (standard)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *fatidus, blend of Latin fatuus and vapidus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fade (plural fades)
Synonyms[edit]
- (lacking in interesting features): terne, insignifiant
Descendants[edit]
- → Swedish: fadd
Noun[edit]
fade m (plural fades)
Verb[edit]
fade
- inflection of fader:
Further reading[edit]
- “fade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- fad (particularly in southern Germany and Austria)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French fade, from Vulgar Latin fatidus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈfaːdə/
Audio (file) - Homophone: Pfade (only according to a regional pronunciation of this word)
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Adjective[edit]
fade (strong nominative masculine singular fader, comparative fader, superlative am fadesten or am fadsten)
- bland, flavorless, stale, boring
- 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."
- 1922, Rudolf Steiner, Nationalökonomischer Kurs, Erster Vortrag
- flat (of carbonated beverages)
Declension[edit]
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Further reading[edit]
Yola[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
fade
- Alternative form of faade
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
- Fade teil thee.
- What ails you.
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 39 & 84
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/eɪd
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- en:Gambling
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- Rhymes:Danish/aːdə
- Rhymes:Danish/aːdə/2 syllables
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
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- fi:Family
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- fr:Taste
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- Rhymes:German/aːdə
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