fade
French, noun
fade is spelled F-A-D-E (4 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fade is a French masculine noun meaning “share of loot / booty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fader. With an accent, fadé is a different word: “past participle of fader”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fée”.
What does fade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tasteless, insipid
- 2
boring; lukewarm
noun
- 1
masculineshare of loot / booty
noun
- 1
femininefairy.
– C’est le trou aux fades, mon parrain. – Les fades ! N’est-ce pas les fées que tu veux dire ? – Je ne connais pas les fées, mon parrain. – Mais, qu’est-ce que c’est que les fades ? – C’est des femmes qu’on ne voit pas, mais qui font du bie
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of fader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sans saveur ou de peu de goût. 2. Qui n’a rien de piquant ni de vif.
noun: 1. Fée.
noun: 1. Part de butin. 2. Part de plaisir dans un rapport sexuel.
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 fade
- fades plural
- fadée feminine
- fadés masculine plural
- fadées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fade in French?
fade appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).