fada
French, noun/fa.da/
fada is spelled F-A-D-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,824th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fada is a French feminine noun meaning “nutcase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular past historic of fader. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Simple d’esprit, fou atteint de folie douce”.
What does fada mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crazy
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenutcase
Il est pas tranquille celui-là, c'est un fada !
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of fader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Simple d’esprit ; fou. 2. Déraisonnable ; imprudent ; incohérent.
noun: 1. Simple d’esprit, fou atteint de folie douce. 2. Homme touché ou dérangé par les fées.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fada
- fadade feminine
- fadas masculine plural
- fadades feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fada?
- /fa.da/
- \fa.da\
- [faˈda]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fada in French?
fada appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).