# fade
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, US, Canada) IPA: /feɪd/
* (General Australian) IPA: /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
#### 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

* antifade
* anti-fade
* autofade
* brain fade
* brake fade
* Brooklyn fade
* catch a fade
* color fade
* crossfade
* fadable
* fadeable
* fade-away
* fade in
* fadeless
* fade-out
* fadeproof
* fadesome
* fade time
* fady
* Philly fade
* quality fade
* taper fade
* temple fade

##### Translations
#### 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.
** 1976 August 25, Tom Scholz, “More Than a Feeling”, in Boston‎, performed by Boston:So many people have come and gone Their faces fade as the years go by
** 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

* antifader
* beauty fades, dumb is forever
* crossfade
* fade away
* fade in
* fadeometer
* fade out
* fade to black
* fade to white
* fadometer
* neverfade
* prefade

##### Translations

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#### 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: /ˈfɑde/, [ˈfɑ̝de̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑde
* Hyphenation: fa‧de

### Noun

fade (slang)
* father

#### Declension

Possessive forms of fade (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
fadeni
fadeni
accusative
nom.
fadeni
fadeni
gen.
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
gen.
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
gen.
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
gen.
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
gen.
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)

### Further reading

* “fade”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** 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)

### Further reading

* “fade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Verb

fade
* inflection of fadar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** 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: /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
### Further reading

* “fade” in Duden online
* “fade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Portuguese
### Verb

fade
* inflection of fadar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** 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