different between notion vs fad

English

Etymology

From Latin n?ti? (“a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an examination, an investigation, a conception, idea, notion”), from n?scere (“to know”). Compare French notion. See know.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n????n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?no???n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

notion (plural notions)

1. Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

   • What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.

   • 1705-1715', George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed

     there are few that agree in their Notions about them:.

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.

   • Notion, again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.

2. A sentiment; an opinion.
   • December 2, 1832, John Henry Newman, Wilfulness, the Sin of Saul

     A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.
3. (obsolete) Sense; mind.
4. (colloquial) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

5. Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
6. (colloquial) Inclination; intention; disposition.

Translations

See also

• concept
• conception
• meaning

Further reading

• notion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• notion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• notion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?ti?, n?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?.sj??/

Noun

notion f (plural notions)

1. notion

Further reading

• “notion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ?efæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ?efæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ?efadian (“to set in order, arrange”); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

fad (plural fads)

1. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
   • 2004, Andre R. Young, "Encore", Encore:

     You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back.

   • 2010, Eric J. Cesal, Down Detour Road: An Architect in Search of Practice (page 134)

     The pet rock fad was started by an advertising executive named Gary Dahl. The premise was simple: take ordinary rocks, glue eyes on them, and market them as pets.

Derived terms

• faddish
• faddy

Translations

Anagrams

• ADF, D.F.A., DAF, DFA, FDA, daf

Danish

Etymology 1

From French fade, from Late Latin *fatidus, a blend of Latin fatuus (“foolish”) and vapidus (“vapid”).

Adjective

fad (neuter fad or fadt, plural and definite singular attributive fade)

1. insipid, bland, slightly nauseating
2. (figuratively) flat, insipid, vapid

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fat (“vat, vessel, luggage, clothing”).

Noun

fad n (singular definite fadet, plural indefinite fade)

1. basin, bowl, dish
2. barrel, cask, vat

Inflection

German

Alternative forms

• fade (predominant in the northern half of Germany)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?t/
• Homophones: Fahrt, Pfad (non-standard)
• Rhymes: -a?t

Adjective

fad (comparative fader, superlative am fadesten or am fadsten)

1. (predominant in southern Germany and Austria) vapid, flavourless

Declension

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fot.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /f??d??/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /f?ad??/

Noun

fad m (genitive singular faid, nominative plural faid)

1. length

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fot, fat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “fad” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "fad" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French fade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?t/
  • Rhymes: -a?t

Adjective

fad (masculine faden, neuter fad, comparative méi fad, superlative am faadsten)

1. bland, insipid, tasteless
2. dull, boring, bland

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad/
• Rhymes: -ad

Adjective

fad m or n (feminine singular fad?, masculine plural fazi, feminine and neuter plural fade)

1. tasteless, flavorless, insipid

Declension

Synonyms

• searb?d, insipid, f?r? gust

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fad m (genitive singular faid or faide)

1. length
2. distance
3. duration

Derived terms

Related terms

• fada

Determiner

fad

1. all, whole

Mutation

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad/

Noun

fad (nominative plural fads)

1. thread

Declension

Derived terms

• fadäd
• lefad