# fad
## 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”), whence Middle English faden (“to arrange”)); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fæd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æd

### Noun

fad (plural fads)
* A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
** 2004, Andre R. Young, “Encore”, in 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.
** 2010, Eric J. Cesal, Down Detour Road: An Architect in Search of Practice, page 134:The pet rock fad was started by an advertising executive named Gary Dahl. The premise was simple: take ordinary rocks, glue eyes on them, and market them as pets.

#### Derived terms

* faddery
* fad diet
* faddish
* faddism
* faddist
* faddy
* fadish
* fadlike
* fadmonger

#### See also

* craze
* trend

### Anagrams

* F.D.A., DFA, ADF, FDA, AfD, DAF, D.F.A., daf

## Bavarian
### Etymology

From French fade (“tasteless”), from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, blend of Latin fatuus and vapidus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɑːd̥/

### Adjective

fad (comparative fader, superlative åm fadestn)
* vapid, flavourless, bland
* boring, bored

## 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)
* insipid, bland, slightly nauseating
* (figuratively) flat, insipid, vapid

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse fat (“vat, vessel, luggage, clothing”).

#### Noun

fad n (singular definite fadet, plural indefinite fade)
* basin, bowl, dish
* barrel, cask, vat

##### Inflection
## German
### Alternative forms

* fade (predominant in the northern half of Germany)

### Etymology

From French fade (“tasteless”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faːt/
* Homophones: Fahrt, Pfad (nonstandard)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːt

### Adjective

fad (strong nominative masculine singular fader, comparative fader, superlative am fadesten or am fadsten)
* (predominant in southern Germany and Austria) vapid, flavourless, bland
    Synonyms: schal, langweilig, geschmacklos
    Das Essen schmeckt fad. ― The food tastes bland.
* (by extension) boring, bored
    Synonym: langweilig
    Das war ein fader Film. ― That was a boring film.
    Mir ist so fad. ― I am so bored.

#### Declension
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish fot, from Proto-Celtic *wazdos, which could be from the same root as *wāstos (“empty”). Compare Scottish Gaelic fad.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /fˠɑd̪ˠ/
* (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /fˠad̪ˠ/

### Noun

fad m (genitive singular faid, nominative plural faid)
* length

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
fad
faid
vocative
a fhaid
a fhada
genitive
faid
fad
dative
fad
faid
forms with the definite article
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 a fhad (“lengthwise”)
* 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”)
* fadsrónach (“long-nosed”)
* i bhfad (“far; for a long time”)
* tonnfhad (“wavelength”)

#### Related terms

* fada (“long”)
* fadaigh (“lengthen”)
* fadáil (“delaying, lingering”)
* fadaíocht (“lengthiness”)
* fadó (“long ago”)
* fadóg (“long or elongated object”)
* fadú (“lengthening”)
* faide (“length”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 289
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 101
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fot, fat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From French fade.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faːt/
** Rhymes: -aːt

### Adjective

fad (masculine faden, neuter fad, comparative méi fad, superlative am faadsten)
* bland, insipid, tasteless
* dull, boring, bland

#### Declension
## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fade.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fad/
* Rhymes: -ad

### Adjective

fad m or n (feminine singular fadă, masculine plural fazi, feminine and neuter plural fade)
* tasteless, flavorless, insipid
    Synonyms: searbăd, insipid, fără gust

#### Declension
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish fot, from Proto-Celtic *wazdos, which could be from the same root as *wāstos (“empty”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fat̪/

### Noun

fad m (genitive singular faid or faide)
* length
* distance
* duration

#### Derived terms

* a dh'fhaid
* domhan-fhad
* fad na tìde
* fad-shaoghalach

#### Related terms

* fada

### Determiner

fad
* all, whole
    A bheil sibh fad an latha ann?Have you been there all the day?

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fad”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

## Spanish
### Verb

fad
* second-person plural imperative of far

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fad/

### Noun

fad (nominative plural fads)
* thread

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* fadäd
* lefad

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English what (“why”), from Old English hwæt (“why”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fad/

### Adverb

fad
* why
    Synonym: farthoo
** 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:Fad didn'st thou cum t' ouz on zum other dey?[Why didn't you come to us on some other day?]

#### Related terms

* faade (“what”)

### 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 131