faint

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /feɪnt/
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• homophone: feint
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• rhymes with -eɪnt
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• CMU ARPABET: F EY1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned; negligent; sluggish”), past participle of feindre, faindre (“to feign; sham; work negligently”), from Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dheyǵh- (“to mold”). Cognate with feign and fiction and more distantly dough.

From Middle English fainten, feynten, from the adjective (see above).

291 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: տկար (tkar) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Basque: geldo — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Bulgarian: слаб (slab) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Bulgarian: немощен (nemošten) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Catalan: feble — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Catalan: dèbil — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Chinese Mandarin: 微弱 (wēiruò) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Czech: malátný — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Czech: slabý — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Dutch: zwak — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Esperanto: malforta — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Finnish: heikko — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Finnish: heiveröinen — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• French: faible — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• French: faire un malaise — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Galician: feble — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• German: kraftlos — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• German: schwach — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Greek: αχνός (achnós) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Hindi: शक्तिहीन (śaktihīn) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Hindi: मंद (mand) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Italian: debole — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Italian: perdere i sensi — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Japanese: 弱々しい (yowayowashii) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Kapampangan: bunsul — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Korean: 가냘프다 (ganyalpeuda) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Kyrgyz: талуу (taluu) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Kyrgyz: эс оош (es ooş) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Kyrgyz: талып калуу (talıp kaluu) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Kyrgyz: эсинен тануу (esinen tanuu) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Kyrgyz: эси ооп жыгылып калуу (esi oop jıgılıp kaluu) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Māori: maiangi — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Māori: maiengi — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Māori: porepore — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Māori: hauaitu — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Māori: hauhauaitu — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Occitan: feble — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Occitan: debil — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Portuguese: lânguido — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Portuguese: débil — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Romanian: slăbit — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Russian: сла́бый (slábyj) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Slovak: mdlý — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Spanish: débil — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Swedish: svag — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Swedish: klen — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Swedish: kraftlös — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Swedish: vek — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Ottoman Turkish: مخمور (mahmur) — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Unami: nùktihëleamàlsi — lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
• Bulgarian: плах (plah) — wanting in courage
• Dutch: zwak — wanting in courage
• French: craintif — wanting in courage
• French: timoré — wanting in courage
• German: ängstlich — wanting in courage
• Italian: pavido — wanting in courage
• Italian: timoroso — wanting in courage
• Japanese: 気の弱い (kinoyowai) — wanting in courage
• Japanese: 気が弱い (kigayowai) — wanting in courage
• Korean: 심약하다 (simyakhada) — wanting in courage
• Māori: hauaitu — wanting in courage
• Māori: hauhauaitu — wanting in courage
• Portuguese: pávido — wanting in courage
• Russian: сла́бый (slábyj) — wanting in courage
• Russian: слабоне́рвный (slabonérvnyj) — wanting in courage
• Swedish: klen — wanting in courage
• Swedish: svag — wanting in courage
• Swedish: feg — wanting in courage
• Swedish: vek — wanting in courage
• Bulgarian: неясен (nejasen) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Bulgarian: неотчетлив (neotčetliv) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Catalan: feble — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Catalan: tènue — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Czech: slabý — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Czech: sotva patrný — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Dutch: zwak — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Finnish: hämärä — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Finnish: vaimea — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Finnish: heikko — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• French: faible — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• German: unsicher — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• German: unentschlossen — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Greek: αχνός (achnós) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Hebrew: כהה (keiheh) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Hindi: फीका (phīkā) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Icelandic: daufur — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Italian: incerto — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Italian: indistinto — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Italian: tenue — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Italian: debole — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Japanese: かすか (kasuka) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Japanese: 淡い (awai) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Korean: 흐릿하다 (heurithada) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Māori: tōriki — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Māori: tōririki — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Māori: muhani — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Māori: makaro — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Māori: hīrea — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Māori: whekowheko — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Occitan: feble — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Occitan: flac — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Portuguese: tênue — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Romanian: slab — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Romanian: estompat — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Russian: ту́склый (túsklyj) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Spanish: tenue — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Spanish: apagado — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Spanish: mortecino — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Spanish: apenas perceptible — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Spanish: apenas visible — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Spanish: leve — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Swedish: svag — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Ukrainian: тьмя́ний (tʹmjányj) — lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
• Czech: chabý — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Czech: vlažný — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Czech: nepřesvědčivý — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Dutch: zwak — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• French: faible — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Hindi: फीका (phīkā) — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Italian: debole — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Japanese: 弱々しい (yowayowashii) — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Korean: 가냘프다 (ganyalpeuda) — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Portuguese: tênue — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Romanian: slab — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Russian: вя́лый (vjályj) — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Spanish: tenue — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Spanish: apocado — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Spanish: lánguido — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Swedish: svag — performed in a weak or feeble manner
• Arabic: إِغْمَاء (ʔiḡmāʔ) — the act of fainting
• Bulgarian: припадане (pripadane) — the act of fainting
• Catalan: desmai — the act of fainting
• Chinese Mandarin: 昏厥 (hūnjué) — the act of fainting
• Czech: ztráta vědomí — the act of fainting
• Danish: besvimelse — the act of fainting
• French: évanouissement — the act of fainting
• Galician: desmaio — the act of fainting
• Galician: pasamento — the act of fainting
• Georgian: გულის წასვლა (gulis c̣asvla) — the act of fainting
• German: Ohnmacht — the act of fainting
• Greek: λιποθυμία (lipothymía) — the act of fainting
• Ancient Greek: λιποθυμία (lipothumía) — the act of fainting
• Hindi: मूर्छा (mūrchā) — the act of fainting
• Irish: laige — the act of fainting
• Italian: svenimento — the act of fainting
• Japanese: 失神 (shisshin) — the act of fainting
• Lithuanian: nualpimas — the act of fainting
• Portuguese: desmaio — the act of fainting
• Portuguese: chilique — the act of fainting
• Portuguese: badagaio — the act of fainting
• Romanian: leșin — the act of fainting
• Romanian: sincopă — the act of fainting
• Russian: о́бморок (óbmorok) — the act of fainting
• Spanish: desmayo — the act of fainting
• Spanish: soponcio — the act of fainting
• Spanish: deliquio — the act of fainting
• Spanish: patatús — the act of fainting
• Swedish: svimning — the act of fainting
• Turkish: bayılma — the act of fainting
• Turkish: saka — the act of fainting
• Welsh: llewyg — the act of fainting
• Welsh: llewygfa — the act of fainting
• Bulgarian: припадък (pripadǎk) — the state of one who has fainted
• Czech: mdloba — the state of one who has fainted
• Czech: mrákoty — the state of one who has fainted
• German: Ohnmacht — the state of one who has fainted
• Japanese: 失神 (shisshin) — the state of one who has fainted
• Lithuanian: alpulys — the state of one who has fainted
• Portuguese: desmaio — the state of one who has fainted
• Russian: о́бморок (óbmorok) — the state of one who has fainted
• Scottish Gaelic: neul — the state of one who has fainted
• Turkish: baygınlık — the state of one who has fainted
• Albanian: zalit — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: أُغْمِيَ (ʔuḡmiya) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: غُشِيَ (ḡušiya) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: سخف (sḵaf) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: غمي (ḡimi) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: يُغْمى (yuḡma) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: أُغْمى (ʔuḡma) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: أُغْمِي (ʔuḡmi) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: غمي (ḡimi) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: يُغْمى (yuḡma) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: أُغْمى (ʔuḡma) — to lose consciousness
• Arabic: أُغْمِي (ʔuḡmi) — to lose consciousness
• Armenian: նվաղել (nvaġel) — to lose consciousness
• Bulgarian: припадам (pripadam) — to lose consciousness
• Catalan: acubar-se — to lose consciousness
• Catalan: desmaiar-se — to lose consciousness
• Cherokee: ᎤᎸᏖᎭ (ulvteha) — to lose consciousness
• Chinese Mandarin: 昏過去 /昏过去 (hūn guòqù) — to lose consciousness
• Chinese Mandarin: 昏倒 (hūndǎo) — to lose consciousness
• Chinese Mandarin: 暈厥 /晕厥 (yūnjué) — to lose consciousness
• Chinese Mandarin: 發暈 /发晕 (fāyūn) — to lose consciousness
• Maore Comorian: uɓama — to lose consciousness
• Ngazidja Comorian: uvuɓama — to lose consciousness
• Czech: omdlít — to lose consciousness
• Czech: omdlévat — to lose consciousness
• Danish: besvime — to lose consciousness
• Danish: falde i svime — to lose consciousness
• Dutch: flauwvallen — to lose consciousness
• Dutch: bezwijmen — to lose consciousness
• Egyptian: Q3-G40-A-O34:D12 (pꜣz) — to lose consciousness
• Esperanto: sveni — to lose consciousness
• Estonian: minestama — to lose consciousness
• Faroese: svíma — to lose consciousness
• Finnish: pyörtyä — to lose consciousness
• Finnish: menettää tajuntansa — to lose consciousness
• Finnish: sammua — to lose consciousness
• French: s'évanouir — to lose consciousness
• French: pâmer — to lose consciousness
• Galician: desmaiar — to lose consciousness
• Galician: esmaiar — to lose consciousness
• Galician: desvanecer — to lose consciousness
• Galician: esvaecer — to lose consciousness
• Galician: esvaer — to lose consciousness
• Galician: esmorir — to lose consciousness
• German: ohnmächtig werden — to lose consciousness
• German: in Ohnmacht fallen — to lose consciousness
• Greek: λιποθυμώ (lipothymó) — to lose consciousness
• Ancient Greek: ἀποψύχω (apopsúkhō) — to lose consciousness
• Ancient Greek: λιποθυμάω (lipothumáō) — to lose consciousness
• Ancient Greek: λιποψυχέω (lipopsukhéō) — to lose consciousness
• Ancient Greek: μικροψυχέω (mikropsukhéō) — to lose consciousness
• Hebrew: הִתְעַלֵּף (hit'aléf) — to lose consciousness
• Hindi: मूर्छा (mūrchā) — to lose consciousness
• Hungarian: elájul — to lose consciousness
• Icelandic: líða yfir — to lose consciousness
• Icelandic: missa meðvitund — to lose consciousness
• Ido: esvanar — to lose consciousness
• Indonesian: pingsan — to lose consciousness
• Irish: tit i laige — to lose consciousness
• Italian: svenire — to lose consciousness
• Japanese: 失神する (shisshin suru) — to lose consciousness
• Kabuverdianu: dismaia — to lose consciousness
• Kabuverdianu: desmaiá — to lose consciousness
• Khmer: សន្លប់ (sɑɑsɑnlɑp) — to lose consciousness
• Korean: 실신하다 (silsinhada) — to lose consciousness
• Kyrgyz: байылуу (bayıluu) — to lose consciousness
• Lithuanian: alpti — to lose consciousness
• Lithuanian: apalpti — to lose consciousness
• Lithuanian: nualpti — to lose consciousness
• Malay: pengsan — to lose consciousness
• Manchu: ᠯᡳᠶᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (liyeliyembi) — to lose consciousness
• Māori: hauaitu — to lose consciousness
• Māori: hauhauaitu — to lose consciousness
• Māori: tirehe — to lose consciousness
• Middle English: swelten — to lose consciousness
• Norman: s'êvanni — to lose consciousness
• Norwegian Bokmål: besvime — to lose consciousness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svima av — to lose consciousness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dåna — to lose consciousness
• Occitan: abautir — to lose consciousness
• Occitan: s'estavanir — to lose consciousness
• Papiamentu: bai leu — to lose consciousness
• Plautdietsch: beschwiemen — to lose consciousness
• Polish: mdleć — to lose consciousness
• Polish: zemdleć — to lose consciousness
• Polish: omdleć — to lose consciousness
• Portuguese: desmaiar — to lose consciousness
• Romanian: leșina — to lose consciousness
• Russian: па́дать в о́бморок (pádatʹ v óbmorok) — to lose consciousness
• Russian: упа́сть в о́бморок (upástʹ v óbmorok) — to lose consciousness
• Russian: теря́ть созна́ние (terjátʹ soznánije) — to lose consciousness
• Russian: потеря́ть созна́ние (poterjátʹ soznánije) — to lose consciousness
• Scottish Gaelic: rach an neul — to lose consciousness
• Serbo-Croatian: onesvijestiti — to lose consciousness
• Serbo-Croatian: onesvestiti — to lose consciousness
• Slovene: omedleti — to lose consciousness
• Slovene: omedlevati — to lose consciousness
• Slovene: onesvestiti se — to lose consciousness
• Spanish: desmayar — to lose consciousness
• Swedish: svimma — to lose consciousness
• Tagalog: himatayin — to lose consciousness
• Tamil: மயங்கு (mayaṅku) — to lose consciousness
• Tashelhit: sxf — to lose consciousness
• Thai: สลบ (sà-lòp) — to lose consciousness
• Thai: เป็นลม (bpen-lom) — to lose consciousness
• Turkish: bayılmak — to lose consciousness
• Ottoman Turkish: بایلمق (bayılmak) — to lose consciousness
• Ukrainian: неприто́мніти (neprytómnity) — to lose consciousness
• Ukrainian: знеприто́мніти (zneprytómnity) — to lose consciousness
• Ukrainian: млі́ти (mlíty) — to lose consciousness
• Ukrainian: зомліва́ти (zomliváty) — to lose consciousness
• Ukrainian: зомлі́ти (zomlíty) — to lose consciousness
• Vietnamese: ngất — to lose consciousness
• Vietnamese: xỉu — to lose consciousness
• Walloon: toumer flåwe — to lose consciousness
• Walloon: tchaire fwebe — to lose consciousness
• Welsh: llewygu — to lose consciousness
• Yiddish: חלשן (khaleshn) — to lose consciousness
• Māori: tirehe — to sink