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faul

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfau̯l]
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Noun

faul m inan

  1. foul (offence in sports)

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (rotten, putrid).

Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful. Doublet of Foul.

The sense “lazy” developed in part from the idea of food rotting when lying around, in part from the notion that idleness is morally rotten.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faul (strong nominative masculine singular fauler, comparative fauler, superlative am faulsten)

  1. foul, rotten, rancid
  2. lazy

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • faul” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • faul” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • faul” in Duden online
  • faul” in OpenThesaurus.de
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Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faul (comparative fauler, superlative faulest)

  1. rotten
    En faules Eu stinkd.
    A rotten egg stinks.
    Die Epple sin schun faul.
    The apples are already rotten.
  2. lazy
    En fauler Kerl.
    A lazy guy.

Declension

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (rotten, putrid).

Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faul

  1. rotten
  2. lazy

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Etymology

From English fowl.

Noun

faul

  1. chicken; fowl; poultry

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English foul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfawl/
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  • Rhymes: -awl
  • Syllabification: faul

Noun

faul m inan

  1. (sports) foul (breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage)
    Hypernym: wykroczenie
  2. foul play (unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature)
    Hypernym: postępek

Declension

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

  • faul in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • faul in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • faul in PWN's encyclopedia
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Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Noun

faul m inan

  1. (sports) foul

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • faul”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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