defect

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Etymology

From Middle English defaicte, from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“priv.”) + facere (“to do”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: dē'fĕkt, IPA: /ˈdiːfɛkt/, SAMPA: /"di:fEkt/

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• (verb) enPR: dĭfĕkt', IPA: /dɪˈfɛkt/, SAMPA: /dI"fEkt/

Noun

defect (plural defects)

1. A fault or malfunction.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:defect

Related terms

• deficiency
• deficient
• deficit
• defective

Translations

fault or malfunction

Armenian: արատ (hy) (arat) Bosnian: nedostatak (bs) m. Bulgarian: недостатък (bg) m., повреда (bg) Catalan: defecte (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 缺點 (cmn), 缺点 (cmn) (quēdiǎn), 問題 (cmn), 问题 (cmn) (wèntí), 缺陷 (cmn) (quēxiàn), 弱點 (cmn), 弱点 (cmn) (ruòdiǎn), 毛病 (zh) (máobing, máobìng) Czech: závada (cs) f., porucha (cs) f. Finnish: vika (fi) French: défaut (fr) m. German: Fehler (de) m., Defekt (de) m. Greek: ελάττωμα (el) (eláttoma) n.

Hebrew: פגם (he) (pgam) m. Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Italian: difetto (it) m. Japanese: 欠陥 (ja) (けっかん, kekkan), 欠点 (ja) (けってん, ketten) Polish: wada (pl) f. Portuguese: defeito (pt) m. Russian: недостаток (ru) (nedostátok) m., дефект (ru) (defékt) m. Scottish Gaelic: cron (gd) m. Spanish: falla (es) f., tacha (es) f., defecto (es) m. Telugu: లోపం (te) (lōpam) Thai: บกพร่อง (bòk-prông) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

defect (third-person singular simple present defects, present participle defecting, simple past and past participle defected)

1. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty.

Derived terms

• defection
• defector

Translations

to abandon; to change one's loyalty

Bosnian: prebjeći (bs) Bulgarian: дезертирам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Croatian: prebjeći (hr) Dutch: overlopen (nl) Finnish: loikata (fi) French: déserter (fr), passer à (fr)

German: überlaufen (de) Greek: αυτομολώ (el) (aftomoló), αποσκιρτώ (el) (aposkirtó) Hebrew: ערק (he) (`aráq) Italian: defezionare (it) Latin: dēscīscō (la) Russian: изменять (ru) (izmenját’), дезертировать (ru) (dezertírovat’) Spanish: desertar (es), pasarse (es)

External links

• defect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• defect in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Adjective

defect (comparative defecter, superlative defectst)

1. broken, not working

Declension

Declension of defect

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		defect	defecter
neuter singular	indefinite	defect	defecter
	definite	defecte	defectere	defectste	het defectst(e)
common singular		defecte	defectere	defectste	de defectste
plural		defecte	defectere	defectste	de defectste
partitive		defects	defecters

Synonyms

• kapot