forfait

Dutch

Etymology

From French forfait.

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits, diminutive forfaitje n)

1. fixed amount, lumpsum

   Synonym: vast bedrag

2. flat rate

   Synonym: vast tarief

3. (taxation, Netherlands) a pre-determined tax amount
4. (sports) elimination due to withdrawal
5. (law, obsolete) crime

   Synonym: misdaad

Related terms

• forfaitair
• à forfait

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, past participle of forfaire, from for(t) (variant of Old Frenchfuer, fur) and faire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.fɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

1. crime, infamy
2. (telephony) flat rate, fixed rate
3. (tourism) a package, a pass
4. (sports) elimination due to withdrawal

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French forfait.

Noun

forfait m (uncountable)

1. lump sum, flat rate

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French forfait (“crime, offense”).

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

1. (Jersey) heinous crime

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Old French

Alternative forms

• forfet
• forsfait
• fourfet

Noun

forfait oblique singular, m (oblique plural forfaiz or forfaitz, nominative singular forfaiz or forfaitz, nominative plural forfait)

1. crime
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Por quel pechié ? Por quel forfet ?

     For what sin? For what crime?

Descendants

• → English: forfeit
• French: forfait
  • → Italian: forfait
• Norman: forfait (Jersey)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French forfait.

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

1. ski pass
2. flat rate, package price