farder.
to disguise
Meaning & usage
to disguise
to make up or paint (the face)
to represent in a false light; to augment with falsehoods or affectations
Where this word comes from
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”). By surface analysis, fard + -er.
to weigh heavily; to be burdensome
to settle or sink downwards
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French farder, from Old French farder, from Old French farde. More at farde.
Try it on your idea.
farder has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.