faille
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun[edit]
faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)
Translations[edit]
fabric
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From faillir.
Noun[edit]
faille f (plural failles)
- (seismology) fault
- flaw
- rift (chasm or fissure)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Turkish: fay
Verb[edit]
faille
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Old French faille. Ultimate origin obscure. Perhaps an Old Frankish borrowing.
Noun[edit]
faille f (plural failles)
- faille (fabric woven from silk)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
faille
- third-person singular present subjunctive of falloir
- je ne crois pas qu’il faille faire cela ― I don't think this needs to be done
Further reading[edit]
- “faille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “faille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
faille f
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faille | fhaille | bhfaille |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.
Noun[edit]
faille oblique singular, f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)
- failure
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Le sairemant sor sainte Eglise
Li fet qu’il revandra sanz faille.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
- French: faille
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