Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly fromOld Englishġefæd(“order, decorum”) (compareOld Englishġefæd(“orderly, tidy”),fadian,ġefadian(“to set in order, arrange”), whenceMiddle Englishfaden(“to arrange”)); or fromFrenchfadaise("a trifling thought"; seefadaise).

• IPA^(key):/fæd/

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• Rhymes:-æd

fad (pluralfads)

1. Aphenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
   • 2004, Andre R. Young, “Encore”, inEncore:

     You're afad, 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, page134:

     The pet rockfad 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.

• craze
• trend

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

FromFrenchfade(“tasteless”), fromVulgar Latin*fatidus,blend ofLatinfatuus andvapidus.

• IPA^(key):/fɑːd̥/

fad (comparativefader,superlativeåmfadestn)

1. vapid,flavourless,bland
2. boring,bored

FromFrenchfade, fromLate Latin*fatidus, a blend ofLatinfatuus(“foolish”) andvapidus(“vapid”).

fad (neuterfadorfadt,plural and definite singular attributivefade)

1. insipid,bland, slightlynauseating
2. (figuratively)flat,insipid,vapid

FromOld Norsefat(“vat, vessel, luggage, clothing”).

fad n (singular definitefadet,plural indefinitefade)

1. basin,bowl,dish
2. barrel,cask,vat

• fade(predominant in the northern half of Germany)

FromFrenchfade(“tasteless”).

• IPA^(key):/faːt/
• Homophones:Fahrt,Pfad(nonstandard)

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• Rhymes:-aːt

fad (strong nominative masculine singularfader,comparativefader,superlativeamfadestenoramfadsten)

1. (predominant in southern Germany andAustria)vapid,flavourless,bland

   Synonyms:schal,langweilig,geschmacklos

   Das Essen schmecktfad. ―The food tastesbland.

2. (by extension)boring,bored

   Synonym:langweilig

   Das war einfader Film. ―That was aboring film.

   Mir ist sofad. ―I am sobored.

FromOld Irishfot,^[1] fromProto-Celtic*wazdos, which could be from the same root as*wāstos(“empty”). CompareScottish Gaelicfad.

• (Munster,Aran)IPA^(key):/fˠɑd̪ˠ/^[2]
• (Connemara,Mayo,Ulster)IPA^(key):/fˠad̪ˠ/^[3]

fad m (genitive singularfaid,nominative pluralfaid)

1. length

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

FromFrenchfade.

• IPA^(key):/faːt/
  • Rhymes:-aːt

fad (masculinefaden,neuterfad,comparativeméi fad,superlativeamfaadsten)

1. bland,insipid,tasteless
2. dull,boring,bland

Borrowed fromFrenchfade.

• IPA^(key):/fad/
• Rhymes:-ad

fad m orn (feminine singularfadă,masculine pluralfazi,feminine and neuter pluralfade)

1. tasteless,flavorless,insipid

   Synonyms:searbăd,insipid,fărăgust

FromOld Irishfot, fromProto-Celtic*wazdos, which could be from the same root as*wāstos(“empty”).

• IPA^(key):/fat̪/

fad m (genitive singularfaidorfaide)

1. length
2. distance
3. duration

• fada

fad

1. all,whole

   A bheil sibhfad an latha ann?

   Have you been there all the day?

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fad”, inAn Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling,→ISBN

fad

1. second-personpluralimperative offar

• IPA^(key):/fad/

fad (nominative pluralfads)

1. thread

• fadäd
• lefad

FromMiddle Englishwhat(“why”), fromOld Englishhwæt(“why”).

• IPA^(key):/fad/

fad

1. why

   Synonym:farthoo

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, inAPPENDIX:

     Fad didn'st thou cum t' ouz on zum other dey?

     [Why didn't you come to us on some other day?]

• faade(“what”)

• 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, published1867,page131