fade

See also: fadé and faɗe

English

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Pronunciation

(UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /feɪd/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /fæɪd/
- Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪd

Etymology 1

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)

(archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.
Synonym: dull
- 1825, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell
  Passages that are somewhat fade.
- 1827, Thomas De Quincey, “The Last Days of Kant”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
  His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.

Translations

tasteless

Bulgarian: блудкав (bg) (bludkav)
Catalan: sonso (ca)
Dutch: saai (nl), smaakloos (nl)
Esperanto: sensuka
French: fade (fr)
Galician: ermelo m, calancrán m, desaborido, zonzo m, enxábido m, desalormado m, enxaroudo m, descelmoso m, esdubio m
Greek: άγευστος (el) (ágefstos), ανούσιος (el) m (anoúsios)
Spanish: insípido (es), insulso (es), desabrido (es), soso (es)

Noun

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).
Coordinate terms: slice, hook, draw
- 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.
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.

Derived terms

Translations

golf shot that curves to the right

cinematographic effect

Greek: ξεθώριασμα (el) n (xethóriasma)
Italian: assolvenza f

Verb

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.
(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, 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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  [flowers] that never fade
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  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 (date written), 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, [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
- 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 (someone).
- 2016, Johnny Hughes, A Texas Beauty, Smart and Strong:
  I tried to get some bets that y'all were fixin' to get married but nobody would fade me.

Derived terms

Translations

to grow weak, lose strength

Armenian: թառամել (hy) (tʻaṙamel)
Basque: ihartu
Bulgarian: вехна (bg) (vehna), увяхвам (bg) (uvjahvam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 褪色 (zh) (tuìshǎi)
Danish: falme
Dutch: verzwakken (nl), verslappen (nl), verwelken (nl) (plants)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: heikentyä (fi), heiketä (fi)
French: s’affadir (fr), faner (fr), flétrir (fr), dépérir (fr)
Georgian: მილევა (mileva), მიილია (miilia) (3d person past)
German: verwelken (de) (plant)
Greek: σβήνω (el) (svíno)
Hungarian: halványul (hu), elhalványul (hu)
Italian: sbiadire (it)
Japanese: 薄れる (ja) (usureru)
Khmer: ស្លោក (km) (slaok), រោយ (km) (rouy)
Kyrgyz: ыраңын кетирүү (ky) (ıraŋın ketirüü), түсүн өчүрүү (ky) (tüsün öcürüü), боёосун кетирүү (ky) (boyoosun ketirüü), көркөмүн кетирүү (ky) (körkömün ketirüü)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: defluo
Maori: taero, māwhe, horotea (refers to colours), mātaotao (of feelings), tāromaroma (of strength, reputation, importance), pāitiiti (of sound)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: निभ्नु (nibhnu), उड्नु (uḍnu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svekkes (reflexive), forgå (no), falme
Polish: więdnąć (pl) impf, zwiędnąć pf
Portuguese: desfalecer (pt), estiolar
Romanian: apune (ro)
Russian: вя́нуть (ru) impf (vjánutʹ), увяда́ть (ru) impf (uvjadátʹ) (especially of flowers);(of signal,process) затуха́ть (ru) impf (zatuxátʹ)
Spanish: atenuar (es), disminuir (es)
Swedish: avtyna (sv), vekna (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: ཡལ (yal)
Vietnamese: nhòa (vi)

to lose freshness, brightness

Armenian: գունաթափվել (hy) (gunatʻapʻvel)
Bulgarian: избелявам (bg) (izbeljavam), обезцветявам се (obezcvetjavam se)
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎪᎸᎦ (asgolvga)
Dutch: verbleken (nl), verwelken (nl)
Finnish: haalistua (fi), kauhtua, himmetä (fi), haaltua
French: s’affadir (fr), s’estomper (fr)
Georgian: გაბაცება (gabaceba), გამქრქალება (gamkrkaleba)
German: verblassen (de)
Greek: ξεθωριάζω (el) (xethoriázo), μαραίνομαι (el) (maraínomai)
Hungarian: halványul (hu), fakul (hu)
Ingrian: veerrä
Irish: tréig
Khmer: បំបាត់ពណ៌ (bɑmbat poa)
Maori: māwhe, horotea
Ottoman Turkish: اوچمق (uçmak)
Polish: blaknąć (pl) impf, wyblaknąć pf, zblaknąć pf, blednąć (pl) impf, zblednąć (pl) pf
Portuguese: desbotar (pt)
Romanian: estompa (ro)
Russian: выцветать (ru) impf (vycvetatʹ), обесцве́чиваться (ru) (obescvéčivatʹsja), блёкнуть (ru) impf or impf (bljóknutʹ), выгора́ть (ru) impf (vygorátʹ) (from the sun)
Spanish: desteñir (es)
Swedish: blekna (sv)

to vanish

Bulgarian: заглъхвам (bg) (zaglǎhvam)
Dutch: verzinken (nl), verdwijnen (nl), wegkwijnen (nl)
Finnish: haihtua (fi), häipyä (fi), kaikota (fi), karkota, hämärtyä (fi)
French: s’évanouir (fr), s’estomper (fr)
Georgian: გაქრობა (gakroba), აორთქლება (aortkleba)
Greek: σβήνω (el) (svíno)
Korean: 사라지다 (ko) (sarajida)
Maori: rerehu (from sight), tapore, tāporepore, tāromaroma, tāmatemate
Polish: gasnąć (pl) impf, zgasnąć (pl) pf
Portuguese: desaparecer (pt)
Russian: исчеза́ть (ru) impf (isčezátʹ), пропада́ть (ru) impf (propadátʹ)
Spanish: desvanecerse (es)
Swedish: avklinga (sv)
Vietnamese: nhòa (vi)

to cause to fade

Finnish: haalistaa, himmentää (fi), kauhduttaa, heikentää (fi), häivyttää (fi), hämärtää (fi), haihduttaa, karkottaa (fi)
French: estomper (fr), affadir (fr)
Greek: σβήνω (el) (svíno)
Hungarian: halványít (hu), fakít (hu)
Norman: dêteindre
Portuguese: desbotar (pt)
Russian: обесцве́чивать (ru) impf (obescvéčivatʹ) (cause to lose colour)
Spanish: deslucir (es)
Swedish: dämpa (sv)

Alternative forms

vade (obsolete)

Synonyms

(grow weak, lose strength): weaken, wither
(lose freshness, color, or brightness): blanch, bleach
(sink away): decrease, diminish, wane

Etymology 2

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)

(archaic) Strong; bold; doughty.

Anagrams

Deaf, EDFA, FDEA, deaf

Danish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aːdə

Adjective

fade

definite of fad
plural of fad

Noun

fade n

indefinite plural of fad

Finnish

Etymology

< Swedish fader (“father”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɑde/, [ˈfɑ̝de̞]
Rhymes: -ɑde
Syllabification^(key): fa‧de

Noun

fade (slang)

father

Declension

Inflection of fade (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		fade	fadet
genitive		faden	fadejen
partitive		fadea	fadeja
illative		fadeen	fadeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		fade	fadet
accusative	nom.	fade	fadet
accusative	gen.	faden	fadet
genitive		faden	fadejen fadein ^rare
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
abessive		fadetta	fadeitta
instructive		—	fadein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of fade (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		fadeni	fadeni
accusative	nom.	fadeni	fadeni
accusative	gen.	fadeni	fadeni
genitive		fadeni	fadejeni fadeini ^rare
partitive		fadeani	fadejani
inessive		fadessani	fadeissani
elative		fadestani	fadeistani
illative		fadeeni	fadeihini
adessive		fadellani	fadeillani
ablative		fadeltani	fadeiltani
allative		fadelleni	fadeilleni
essive		fadenani	fadeinani
translative		fadekseni	fadeikseni
abessive		fadettani	fadeittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	fadeineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		fadesi	fadesi
accusative	nom.	fadesi	fadesi
accusative	gen.	fadesi	fadesi
genitive		fadesi	fadejesi fadeisi ^rare
partitive		fadeasi	fadejasi
inessive		fadessasi	fadeissasi
elative		fadestasi	fadeistasi
illative		fadeesi	fadeihisi
adessive		fadellasi	fadeillasi
ablative		fadeltasi	fadeiltasi
allative		fadellesi	fadeillesi
essive		fadenasi	fadeinasi
translative		fadeksesi	fadeiksesi
abessive		fadettasi	fadeittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	fadeinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		fademme	fademme
accusative	nom.	fademme	fademme
accusative	gen.	fademme	fademme
genitive		fademme	fadejemme fadeimme ^rare
partitive		fadeamme	fadejamme
inessive		fadessamme	fadeissamme
elative		fadestamme	fadeistamme
illative		fadeemme	fadeihimme
adessive		fadellamme	fadeillamme
ablative		fadeltamme	fadeiltamme
allative		fadellemme	fadeillemme
essive		fadenamme	fadeinamme
translative		fadeksemme	fadeiksemme
abessive		fadettamme	fadeittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	fadeinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		fadenne	fadenne
accusative	nom.	fadenne	fadenne
accusative	gen.	fadenne	fadenne
genitive		fadenne	fadejenne fadeinne ^rare
partitive		fadeanne	fadejanne
inessive		fadessanne	fadeissanne
elative		fadestanne	fadeistanne
illative		fadeenne	fadeihinne
adessive		fadellanne	fadeillanne
ablative		fadeltanne	fadeiltanne
allative		fadellenne	fadeillenne
essive		fadenanne	fadeinanne
translative		fadeksenne	fadeiksenne
abessive		fadettanne	fadeittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	fadeinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		fadensa	fadensa
accusative	nom.	fadensa	fadensa
accusative	gen.	fadensa	fadensa
genitive		fadensa	fadejensa fadeinsa ^rare
partitive		fadeaan fadeansa	fadejaan fadejansa
inessive		fadessaan fadessansa	fadeissaan fadeissansa
elative		fadestaan fadestansa	fadeistaan fadeistansa
illative		fadeensa	fadeihinsa
adessive		fadellaan fadellansa	fadeillaan fadeillansa
ablative		fadeltaan fadeltansa	fadeiltaan fadeiltansa
allative		fadelleen fadellensa	fadeilleen fadeillensa
essive		fadenaan fadenansa	fadeinaan fadeinansa
translative		fadekseen fadeksensa	fadeikseen fadeiksensa
abessive		fadettaan fadettansa	fadeittaan fadeittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	fadeineen fadeinensa

Synonyms

isä (standard)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fad/
Audio: (file)
Audio (Switzerland): (file)

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

fade (plural fades)

tasteless, insipid
boring; lukewarm

Synonyms

(lacking in interesting features): terne, insignifiant

Descendants

→ Swedish: fadd

Noun

fade m (plural fades)

(criminal slang) share of loot / booty

Verb

fade

inflection of fader:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

From Latin fata (“the Fates”). See fada.

Noun

fade f (plural fades)

(regional) fairy.
— C’est le trou aux fades, mon parrain.
— Les fades ! N’est-ce pas les fées que tu veux dire ?
— Je ne connais pas les fées, mon parrain.
— Mais, qu’est-ce que c’est que les fades ?
— C’est des femmes qu’on ne voit pas, mais qui font du bien ou du mal.
"It's the hole of the feys, boss."
"The feys! Don't you mean to say fairies?"
"I don't know the fairies, boss."
"But what are the feys?"
"They're women we don't see, but who do good or evil."
(George Sand, Jeanne, 1844)

Galician

Verb

fade

inflection of fadar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

German

Alternative forms

fad (particularly in southern Germany and Austria)

Etymology

Borrowed from French fade, from Vulgar Latin fatidus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfaːdə/
Audio: (file)
Homophone: Pfade (only according to a regional pronunciation of this word)
Rhymes: -aːdə

Adjective

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."
flat (of carbonated beverages)

Declension

Positive forms of fade

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

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

Portuguese

Verb

fade

inflection of fadar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Yola

Pronoun

fade

Alternative form of faade
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 71:
  Fade teil.
  What ails.
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:
  Well, gosp, c'hull be zeid; mot thee fartoo, an fade;
  Well, gossip, it shall be told; you ask what ails me, and for what;
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:
  He at nouth fade t'zey, llean vetch ee man,
  He that knows what to say, mischief fetch the man,

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 39

fade

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Translations

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

Derived terms

Translations

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Adjective

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Synonyms

Descendants

Noun

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Galician

Verb

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

Yola

Pronoun

References