fad
A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short timeA phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
» It's a fad.
Das ist eine Modeerscheinung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Das ist eine vorübergehende Laune. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Це примха. — deniko
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1 sensesA phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
Mode, Trend, Modeerscheinung
причу́даpričúda
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
Examples
22 sentencesIt's a fad.
Це примха. — deniko
deDas ist eine Modeerscheinung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's just a fad.
deEs ist nur eine Modeerscheinung. — Micsmithel
I think it's a fad.
Loose jackets are the latest fad.
It was only a passing fad.
ruЭто была лишь минутная прихоть. — Sablin
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ġefæd (“ordOf English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ġefæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ġefadian (“to set in order, arrange”), whence Middle English faden (“to arrange”)); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).
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