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4-letter words (2 found)

DEAF,FADE,

3-letter words (5 found)

DAE,DEF,FAD,FAE,FED,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AE,DA,DE,EA,ED,EF,FA,FE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from fade according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fade

fade afde fdae dfae adfe dafe faed afed fead efad aefd eafd fdea dfea feda efda defa edfa adef daef aedf eadf deaf edaf

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Definitions and meaning of fade

fade

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feɪd/
  • 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)

  1. (archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.
    Synonym: dull
    • 1825, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell
      Passages that are somewhat fade.
Translations

Noun

fade (plural fades)

  1. (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
  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.
    Synonym: skin fade
  3. (slang) A fight.
  4. (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).
  5. (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
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Verb

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

  1. (transitive, golf) To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
  2. (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
  3. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
  4. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
    • 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.
  5. (transitive) To cause to fade.
  6. (transitive, gambling) To bet against (someone).
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Translations

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)

  1. (archaic) Strong; bold; doughty.

Anagrams

  • Deaf, EDFA, FDEA, deaf

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Adjective

fade

  1. definite of fad
  2. plural of fad

Noun

fade n

  1. indefinite plural of fad

Finnish

Etymology

< Swedish fader (“father”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fade (slang)

  1. father

Declension

Synonyms

  • isä (standard)

Further reading

  • “fade”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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(key): /fad/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

fade (plural fades)

  1. tasteless, insipid
  2. boring; lukewarm
Synonyms
  • (lacking in interesting features): terne, insignifiant
Descendants
  • → Swedish: fadd

Noun

fade m (plural fades)

  1. (criminal slang) share of loot / booty

Verb

fade

  1. 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)

  1. (regional) fairy.

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

fade

  1. 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/
  • 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)

  1. bland, flavorless, stale, boring
    • 1922, Rudolf Steiner, Nationalökonomischer Kurs, Erster Vortrag
  2. flat (of carbonated beverages)

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Verb

fade

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

Yola

Pronoun

fade

  1. Alternative form of faade

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

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