fané
The English word "wilted" is translated into French as fané.
The term fané is used to describe plants that are drooping or losing their freshness due to a lack of water. Beyond botany, you can use it metaphorically to describe colors that have faded or to describe people whose vitality or energy has diminished.
Meaning: (of plants) drooping due to lack of water (adj)
How does it change in a sentence?
As an adjective, fané must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. For example, you would use fanée for a feminine singular noun, fanés for a masculine plural noun and fanées for a feminine plural noun.
Did you know?
- While fané describes a flower that has lost its freshness, the French have a separate word, flétrir, for the physical shriveling or wrinkling of a leaf or skin.
- The verb form faner can also mean to dry grass or hay in the sun, a process essential for traditional agriculture.
- In French literature and poetry, fané is frequently used as a euphemism for aging or the loss of youth, specifically when referring to a person's beauty.
Examples in context
- Les fleurs sont fanées.The flowers wilted.This sentence is useful for describing flowers that have wilted using the form fané.Tatoeba #1367282 by sacredceltic, translation #9187915 by AlanF_US
- Les fleurs ont fané car personne ne les a arrosées.The flowers wilted because nobody watered them.This sentence is useful for explaining that the flowers wilted because they were not watered, using the form fané.Tatoeba #12016630 by lbdx, translation #8135942 by Ergulis
- Les fleurs dans le vase sont flétries depuis plusieurs jours.The flowers in the vase have been wilted for several days.
- Les roses dans le jardin sont fanées à cause de la chaleur.The roses in the garden are wilted due to the heat.
- Regarde ces salades, elles ont complètement flétri.Look at these lettuces, they have completely wilted.
- Le lys est complètement fané.The lily is completely wilted.
- 2 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Lucas and Manon are looking at a plant in the living room.
- LucasRegarde, la plante est fanée.Look, the plant is wilted.
- ManonOh non, je l'ai oubliée !Oh no, I forgot about it!
- LucasElle a besoin d'eau maintenant.It needs water now.
- ManonJe m'en occupe tout de suite.I'll take care of it right away.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
