faint

Etymology 1
From, , from , , past participle of , , from , ultimately from. Cognate with and  and more distantly.

Adjective

 * 1)  Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
 * 2) Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
 * 3) Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
 * 4) Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
 * 5) Slight; minimal.
 * 6)  Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
 * 1) Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
 * 2) Slight; minimal.
 * 3)  Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
 * 1) Slight; minimal.
 * 2)  Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
 * 1)  Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
 * 1)  Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Basque: geldo
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: feble
 * German: ,
 * Italian:, perdere i sensi
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: bunsul
 * Kyrgyz:, , , ,
 * Maori: maiangi, maiengi , porepore, hauaitu, hauhauaitu
 * Occitan:, debil
 * Ottoman Turkish: مخمور
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: mdlý
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 気の弱い, 気が弱い
 * Maori: hauaitu, hauhauaitu
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:, , ,


 * Bulgarian:, неотчетлив
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:, sotva patrný
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Maori: tōriki, tōririki, muhani, makaro, hīrea, whekowheko
 * Occitan: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: тьмя́ний


 * Czech: chabý, ,
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) The act of fainting, syncope.
 * 2)  The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
 * 1)  The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

Translations

 * Arabic: إِغْمَاء
 * Bulgarian: припадане
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ztráta vědomí
 * Danish: besvimelse
 * French:
 * Galician: desmaio,
 * Georgian: გულის წასვლა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λιποθυμία
 * Irish: laige
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian: nualpimas
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , deliquio,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: llewyg, llewygfa


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: mdloba, mrákoty
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian: alpulys
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neul
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From, , from the adjective (see above).

Verb

 * 1)  To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
 * 2) * 1713 September 22,, The Guardian No. 167
 * But upon hearing the Honour which he intended her, she fainted away , and fell down as Dead at his Feet
 * 1)  To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
 * 2)  To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
 * 3) * November 12, 1711,, letter to
 * Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.
 * 1) * November 12, 1711,, letter to
 * Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.

Translations

 * Albanian: zalit
 * Arabic: أُغْمِيَ,  غُشِيَ
 * Moroccan Arabic: سخف
 * North Levantine Arabic: غمي, يُغْمى, أُغْمى, أُغْمِي
 * South Levantine Arabic: غمي, يُغْمى, أُغْمى, أُغْمِي
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎤᎸᏖᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: omdlít, omdlévat
 * Danish: besvime,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: minestama
 * Faroese: svíma
 * Finnish:, menettää tajuntansa,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: desmaiar, esmaiar,, , esvaer, esmorir
 * Georgian:
 * German: ohnmächtig werden, in Ohnmacht fallen;
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀποψύχω, λιποθυμάω, λιποψυχέω, μικροψυχέω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: líða yfir, missa meðvitund
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: tit i laige
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: dismaia, desmaiá
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: байылуу
 * Lithuanian: alpti, apalpti, nualpti
 * Malay: pengsan
 * Manchu: ᠯᡳᠶᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ
 * Maore Comorian: ɓama
 * Maori: hauaitu, hauhauaitu, tirehe
 * Middle English: swelten
 * Mongolian:
 * Moroccan Amazigh: ⵙⵅⴼ
 * Ngazidja Comorian: vuɓama
 * Norman: êvanni
 * Norwegian: svime av
 * Bokmål: besvime
 * Occitan:, s'estavanir
 * Ottoman Turkish: بایلمق
 * Plautdietsch: beschwiemen
 * Polish:, , omdleć
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: па́дать в о́бморок,, теря́ть созна́ние,
 * Scottish Gaelic: rach an neul
 * Serbo-Croatian:, onesvestiti
 * Slovene: omedleti, omedlevati, onesvestiti se
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: himatayin
 * Tashelhit: ⵙⵅⴼ
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: неприто́мніти, знеприто́мніти, млі́ти, зомліва́ти, зомлі́ти
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon:, tchaire fwebe
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: חלש'ן


 * Maori: tirehe

Etymology
From, , , from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  enemy, fiend

Etymology
Shortened from.

Pronoun

 * 1) how much, how many

Usage notes

 * means "how many" when followed by and the plural form of a countable noun and "how much" followed  and an uncountable noun.


 * , on the other hand, corresponds solely to English "how many" and is followed by the singular form of a countable noun.