failli

See also: faillí

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

failli (feminine faillie, masculine plural faillis, feminine plural faillies)

1. past participle of faillir

Noun

failli m (plural faillis)

1. (law) bankrupt; insolvent.
   • 1799, Constitution de la République française, Saint-Lô: Chez P. F. Gomont, page 2:

     L’exercice des droits de citoyen français est suspendu par l’état […] d’un failli […]

     The exercise of the rights of French citizen[ship] is suspended by the state […] of [being] an insolvent […]

Adjective

failli (feminine faillie, masculine plural faillis, feminine plural faillies)

1. (law) bankrupt; insolvent.
   • 1799, Constitution de la République française, Saint-Lô: Chez P. F. Gomont, page 2:

     L’exercice des droits de citoyen français est suspendu par l’état de débiteur failli […]

     The exercise of the rights of French citizen[ship] is suspended by the state of [being an] insolvent debtor […]

Further reading

• “failli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• filial

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

failli

1. (Jersey) to fail

Antonyms

• rêussi (“to succeed”)

Adjective

failli m

1. (Jersey) feeble