faute

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See also: fauté

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Compare Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese falta. Doublet of faillite. Compare English fault and Spanish falta (lack, shortage).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fot/
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Noun

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faute f (plural fautes)

  1. error, mistake
    une faute d’orthographea spelling mistake
    C’est la faute à pas de chance.It’s bad luck’s fault.
  2. fault, blame
    c’est de ma fauteI'm to blame (literally, “it's my fault”)
    c’est toujours la faute aux autresother people are always to blame (literally, “it's always other people's fault”)
    il rejette la faute sur son patronhe laid/put the blame on his boss
  3. (law) wrong, misdemeanor
  4. (sports) foul, fault (infraction of the rules)

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Further reading

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Latin

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Participle

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faute

  1. vocative masculine singular of fautus

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfau̯t(ə)/, /ˈfalt(ə)/, /ˈfau̯lt(ə)/

Noun

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faute (plural fautes)

  1. fault

Descendants

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  • English: fault
  • Yola: fout
  • Welsh: ffawt

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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faute f or m (definite singular fauten or fauta, indefinite plural fauter or fautar, definite plural fautene or fautane)

  1. alternative form of faut

Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō.

Noun

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faute oblique singularf (oblique plural fautes, nominative singular faute, nominative plural fautes)

  1. fault; error; mistake

Descendants

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