farder

See also: färder

French

Etymology 1

from Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to apply make-up, use cosmetics”), a borrowing from Frankish *farwidōn (“to dye, colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old High German farwjan (“to colour”), German Farbe f (“colour”), Sanskrit पृश्नि (pṛśni, “motley”), Welsh erch (“dark brown”), perhaps Latin pulcher (“beautiful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faʁ.de/

Verb

farder

  1. to disguise
  2. to make up or paint (the face)
  3. to represent in a false light; to augment with falsehoods or affectations
Conjugation
Descendants
  • → Italian: fard
  • → Turkish: far

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French farder, from Old French farder, from Old French farde. More at farde.

Verb

farder

  1. to weigh heavily; to be burdensome
  2. to settle or sink downwards

Further reading

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