faule

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

faule (plural faules)

1. (obsolete) A fall or falling band.
   • 1648, Robert Herrick, “[His Noble Numbers: Or, His Pious Pieces, […].] The Dirge of Jephthahs Daughter: Sung by the Virgins.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, stanza 8, page 27:

     To guild thy Tombe; beſides, theſe Caules, / Theſe Laces, Ribbands, and theſe Faules, / Theſe Veiles, vvherevvith vve uſe to hide / The Baſhfull Bride, / VVhen vve conduct her to her Groome: / All, all vve lay upon thy Tombe.

Verb

faule

1. Obsolete spelling of fall

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin fabula.

Noun

faule f (plural faules)

1. fable

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

faule

1. inflection of faul:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Plautdietsch

Verb

faule

1. to fall

Related terms

• Faul m

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.li/ [ˈfaʊ̯.li]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.li/ [ˈfaʊ̯.li]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.le/ [ˈfaʊ̯.le]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.lɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -awli, (Portugal) -awlɨ
• Hyphenation: fau‧le

Verb

faule

1. inflection of faular:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative