fade

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• Canada, UK, US: /feɪd/
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• Australian: /fæɪd/
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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”).

From Middle English fade, fede, of uncertain origin. Compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy, discreet, well-regulated”). See also fad.

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: блудкав (bludkav) — tasteless
• Catalan: sonso — tasteless
• Dutch: saai — tasteless
• Dutch: smaakloos — tasteless
• Esperanto: sensuka — tasteless
• French: fade — tasteless
• Galician: ermelo — tasteless
• Galician: calancrán — tasteless
• Galician: desaborido — tasteless
• Galician: zonzo — tasteless
• Galician: enxábido — tasteless
• Galician: desalormado — tasteless
• Galician: enxaroudo — tasteless
• Galician: descelmoso — tasteless
• Galician: esdubio — tasteless
• Greek: άγευστος (ágefstos) — tasteless
• Greek: ανούσιος (anoúsios) — tasteless
• Spanish: insulso — tasteless
• Spanish: desabrido — tasteless
• Spanish: soso — tasteless
• Greek: ξεθώριασμα (xethóriasma) — cinematographic effect
• Italian: assolvenza — cinematographic effect
• Spanish: desvanecimiento — haircut
• Spanish: corte degradado — haircut
• Spanish: fade — haircut
• Armenian: թառամել (tʻaṙamel) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Basque: ihartu — to grow weak, lose strength
• Bulgarian: вехна (vehna) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Bulgarian: увяхвам (uvjahvam) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Catalan: disminuir — to grow weak, lose strength
• Chinese Mandarin: 衰落 (shuāiluò) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Chinese Mandarin: 枯萎 (kūwěi) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Danish: falme — to grow weak, lose strength
• Dutch: verzwakken — to grow weak, lose strength
• Dutch: verslappen — to grow weak, lose strength
• Dutch: verwelken — to grow weak, lose strength
• Esperanto: fadi — to grow weak, lose strength
• Finnish: heikentyä — to grow weak, lose strength
• Finnish: heiketä — to grow weak, lose strength
• French: s'affadir — to grow weak, lose strength
• French: faner — to grow weak, lose strength
• French: flétrir — to grow weak, lose strength
• French: dépérir — to grow weak, lose strength
• Georgian: მილევა (mileva) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Georgian: მიილია (miilia) — to grow weak, lose strength
• German: verwelken — to grow weak, lose strength
• Greek: σβήνω (svíno) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Hungarian: halványul — to grow weak, lose strength
• Hungarian: elhalványul — to grow weak, lose strength
• Italian: sbiadire — to grow weak, lose strength
• Japanese: 薄れる (usureru) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Khmer: ស្លោក (slaok) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Khmer: រោយ (rouy) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Kyrgyz: ыраңын кетирүү (ıraŋın ketirüü) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Kyrgyz: түсүн өчүрүү (tüsün öcürüü) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Kyrgyz: боёосун кетирүү (boyoosun ketirüü) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Kyrgyz: көркөмүн кетирүү (körkömün ketirüü) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Lao: ສລົດ (sa lot) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Latin: defluo — to grow weak, lose strength
• Māori: taero — to grow weak, lose strength
• Māori: māwhe — to grow weak, lose strength
• Māori: horotea — to grow weak, lose strength
• Māori: mātaotao — to grow weak, lose strength
• Māori: tāromaroma — to grow weak, lose strength
• Māori: pāitiiti — to grow weak, lose strength
• Nepali: निभ्नु (nibhnu) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Nepali: उड्नु (uḍnu) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Norwegian Bokmål: svekkes — to grow weak, lose strength
• Norwegian Bokmål: forgå — to grow weak, lose strength
• Norwegian Bokmål: falme — to grow weak, lose strength
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folna — to grow weak, lose strength
• Polish: więdnąć — to grow weak, lose strength
• Polish: zwiędnąć — to grow weak, lose strength
• Portuguese: desfalecer — to grow weak, lose strength
• Portuguese: estiolar — to grow weak, lose strength
• Romanian: apune — to grow weak, lose strength
• Russian: вя́нуть (vjánutʹ) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Russian: увяда́ть (uvjadátʹ) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Russian: затуха́ть (zatuxátʹ) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Swedish: avtyna — to grow weak, lose strength
• Swedish: vekna — to grow weak, lose strength
• Tibetan: ཡལ (yal) — to grow weak, lose strength
• Vietnamese: nhòa — to grow weak, lose strength
• Armenian: գունաթափվել (gunatʻapʻvel) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Bulgarian: избелявам (izbeljavam) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Bulgarian: обезцветявам се (obezcvetjavam se) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Catalan: destenyir — to lose freshness, brightness
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎪᎸᎦ (asgolvga) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Chinese Mandarin: 褪色 (tuìsè) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Chinese Mandarin: 掉色 (diàosè) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Dutch: verbleken — to lose freshness, brightness
• Dutch: verwelken — to lose freshness, brightness
• Finnish: haalistua — to lose freshness, brightness
• Finnish: kauhtua — to lose freshness, brightness
• Finnish: himmetä — to lose freshness, brightness
• Finnish: haaltua — to lose freshness, brightness
• French: s'affadir — to lose freshness, brightness
• French: s'estomper — to lose freshness, brightness
• Georgian: გაბაცება (gabaceba) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Georgian: გამქრქალება (gamkrkaleba) — to lose freshness, brightness
• German: verblassen — to lose freshness, brightness
• Greek: ξεθωριάζω (xethoriázo) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Greek: μαραίνομαι (maraínomai) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Hungarian: halványul — to lose freshness, brightness
• Hungarian: fakul — to lose freshness, brightness
• Ingrian: veerrä — to lose freshness, brightness
• Irish: tréig — to lose freshness, brightness
• Japanese: 褪せる (aseru) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Japanese: 色褪せる (iroaseru) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Khmer: បំបាត់ពណ៌ (bɑmbat poa) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Māori: māwhe — to lose freshness, brightness
• Māori: horotea — to lose freshness, brightness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folna — to lose freshness, brightness
• Polish: blaknąć — to lose freshness, brightness
• Polish: wyblaknąć — to lose freshness, brightness
• Polish: zblaknąć — to lose freshness, brightness
• Polish: blednąć — to lose freshness, brightness
• Polish: zblednąć — to lose freshness, brightness
• Portuguese: desbotar — to lose freshness, brightness
• Romanian: estompa — to lose freshness, brightness
• Russian: выцветать (vycvetatʹ) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Russian: обесцве́чиваться (obescvéčivatʹsja) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Russian: блёкнуть (bljóknutʹ) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Russian: выгора́ть (vygorátʹ) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Spanish: desteñir — to lose freshness, brightness
• Spanish: desvaírse — to lose freshness, brightness
• Swedish: blekna — to lose freshness, brightness
• Ottoman Turkish: اوچمق (uçmak) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Yiddish: בליאַקעווען (blyakeven) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Yiddish: אָפּבליאַקעווען (opblyakeven) — to lose freshness, brightness
• Bulgarian: заглъхвам (zaglǎhvam) — to vanish
• Catalan: esvanir — to vanish
• Chinese Mandarin: 消逝 (xiāoshì) — to vanish
• Chinese Mandarin: 消散 (xiāosàn) — to vanish
• Chinese Mandarin: 消失 (xiāoshī) — to vanish
• Dutch: verzinken — to vanish
• Dutch: verdwijnen — to vanish
• Dutch: wegkwijnen — to vanish
• Finnish: haihtua — to vanish
• Finnish: häipyä — to vanish
• Finnish: kaikota — to vanish
• Finnish: karkota — to vanish
• Finnish: hämärtyä — to vanish
• French: s'évanouir — to vanish
• French: s'estomper — to vanish
• Georgian: გაქრობა (gakroba) — to vanish
• Georgian: აორთქლება (aortkleba) — to vanish
• Greek: σβήνω (svíno) — to vanish
• Korean: 사라지다 (sarajida) — to vanish
• Māori: rerehu — to vanish
• Māori: tapore — to vanish
• Māori: tāporepore — to vanish
• Māori: tāromaroma — to vanish
• Māori: tāmatemate — to vanish
• Polish: gasnąć — to vanish
• Polish: zgasnąć — to vanish
• Portuguese: desaparecer — to vanish
• Russian: исчеза́ть (isčezátʹ) — to vanish
• Russian: пропада́ть (propadátʹ) — to vanish
• Swedish: avklinga — to vanish
• Vietnamese: nhòa — to vanish
• Finnish: haalistaa — to cause to fade
• Finnish: himmentää — to cause to fade
• Finnish: kauhduttaa — to cause to fade
• Finnish: heikentää — to cause to fade
• Finnish: häivyttää — to cause to fade
• Finnish: hämärtää — to cause to fade
• Finnish: haihduttaa — to cause to fade
• Finnish: karkottaa — to cause to fade
• French: estomper — to cause to fade
• French: affadir — to cause to fade
• Greek: σβήνω (svíno) — to cause to fade
• Hungarian: halványít — to cause to fade
• Hungarian: fakít — to cause to fade
• Norman: dêteindre — to cause to fade
• Portuguese: desbotar — to cause to fade
• Russian: обесцве́чивать (obescvéčivatʹ) — to cause to fade
• Spanish: deslucir — to cause to fade
• Swedish: dämpa — to cause to fade