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faille
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English
Etymology
From Old French.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun
faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From faillir.
Noun
faille f (plural failles)
- (seismology) fault
- flaw
- rift (chasm or fissure)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: fay
Verb
faille
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old French faille. Ultimate origin obscure. Perhaps an Old Frankish borrowing.
Noun
faille f (plural failles)
- faille (fabric woven from silk)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
faille
- third-person singular present subjunctive of falloir
- je ne crois pas qu'il faille faire cela ― I don't think this needs to be done
Further reading
- “faille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “faille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
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Irish
Noun
faille f
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old French
Etymology
Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.
Noun
faille oblique singular, f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)
- failure
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Le sairemant sor sainte Eglise
Li fet qu’il revandra sanz faille.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- French: faille
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