fané

See also: fane

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ne/

Participle

fané (feminine fanée, masculine plural fanés, feminine plural fanées)

  1. past participle of faner

Adjective

fané (feminine fanée, masculine plural fanés, feminine plural fanées)

  1. faded
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Comme ils aimaient cette bonne chambre pleine de gaieté, malgré sa splendeur un peu fanée!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1942, “Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?”, Charles Trenet (lyrics), Léo Chauliac and Charles Trenet (music), performed by Charles Trenet:
      Bonheur fané, cheveux au vent, / baisers volés, rêves mouvants. / Que reste-t-il de tout cela ? / Dites-le-moi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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