Значение

значений: 6
  1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

    I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.

    He almost fell faint due to the hot climate.

    kraftlos, schwach

    сла́быйslábyj

    weak and likely to lose consciousness

  2. Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.

    ängstlich

    сла́быйslábyj, слабоне́рвныйslabonérvnyj

    lacking conviction or boldness or courage

  3. Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.

    There was a faint red light in the distance.

    unsicher, unentschlossen

    ту́склыйtúsklyj

    тьмя́нийtʹmjányj

    deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

  4. Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.

    faint efforts

    faint resistance

    вя́лыйvjályj

    lacking strength or vigor

  5. Slight; minimal.

    a faint chance

  6. (архаичное)Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.

Примеры

предложений: 343
  1. She fainted when she saw blood.

    При виде крови она упала в обморок.

  2. She was on verge of fainting.

    Она была на грани обморока.

  3. Tom was on verge of fainting.

    Том был на грани обморока.

  4. I was on verge of fainting.

    Я был на грани обморока.

  5. On hearing the news, Tom fainted.

    Услышав новость, Том потерял сознание.

Переводы

языков: 7
Українська
По значениям 1
lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible:
Русский
По значениям 4
lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness:
wanting in courage:
lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible:
performed in a weak or feeble manner:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness:
wanting in courage:
lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible:

Происхождение

From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned;

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.

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Формы

fainter, faintest
Сравнительная степеньfainter Урок
Превосходная степеньfaintest Урок

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Синонимы

синонимов: 28
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 12

Сочетаемость

шаблонов: 5
  • going to faint
  • the faintest idea
  • faintest idea what
  • faintest idea
  • have the faintest

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