faire

See also fàire

English

Adjective

faire

1. Obsolete spelling of fair.

Noun

faire (plural faires)

1. Obsolete spelling of fair.

Anagrams

• afire
• Arfie
• feria
• rafie

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French

Etymology

Latin faciō

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /fɛʁ/, SAMPA: /fER/

Verb

faire

1. (transitive) to do

   Qu'est-ce que tu fais ?

   What are you doing?

   Faire la vaisselle.

   To do the washing-up.

2. (transitive) to make

   Faire une erreur.

   To make a mistake.

3. (transitive) to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)

   "Je t'aime," fit-il.

   "I love you," he said.

   Le chat fait "miaou".

   Cats go "miaow".

4. (transitive) to make (cause someone or something to do something)

   Tu me fais rire.

   You make me laugh.

   La chanson me fait pleurer.

   The song makes me cry.

5. (impersonal) To be (of the weather or various situations).

   Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors.

   It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside.

   Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons.

   We have known each other for ten years.

6. (reflexive) to do, to make (oneself)

   Elle se fait les ongles.

   She is doing her nails.

7. (reflexive, followed by an infinitive) to be (used for a passive action)

   Se faire piquer.

   To be stung.

   Elle s'est fait violer.

   She was raped.

8. (reflexive) to ripen (of fruit), to mature (, etc.)
9. (reflexive, ~ à) to become used to (see se faire une raison)
10. (slang, reflexive, transitive) to do (to have sex with)
11. (reflexive) to become, to get

Usage notes

• When it is followed by an infinitive, the past participle, fait, is invariable.

  Elle s'est fait violer, not *elle s'est faite violer.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of faire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		faire			avoir fait
gerund		en faisant			en ayant fait
present participle		faisant
past participle		fait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	fais	fais	fait	faisons	faites	font
	imperfect	faisais	faisais	faisait	faisions	faisiez	faisaient
	past historic1	fis	fis	fit	fîmes	fîtes	firent
	future	ferai	feras	fera	ferons	ferez	feront
	conditional	ferais	ferais	ferait	ferions	feriez	feraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	fasse	fasses	fasse	fassions	fassiez	fassent
	imperfect1	fisse	fisses	fît	fissions	fissiez	fissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	fais	—	faisons	faites	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• se faire une raison
• se faire tout petit

Related terms

• facile
• façon
• facture
• fait

Anagrams

• ferai
• féria
• fiera
• fraie

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• fair

Adjective

faire

1. fair; handsome; beautiful; attractive

Descendants

• English: fair

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• fayre
• feire

Etymology

Latin faciō

Verb

faire

1. to do

Descendants

• French: faire

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• far
• (Gascon dialect) har

Etymology

Latin faciō

Verb

faire

1. to do
2. to make

Conjugation

This Occitan verb needs a conjugation template

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fere
• feire

Etymology

Latin faciō

Verb

faire

1. to do

Descendants

• French: faire

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

faire f. (genitive faire, plural fairean)

1. watch (the act or period of watching or guarding)

Derived terms

• facal-faire
• faireil
• taigh-faire