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Czech
Pronunciation
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Noun
faul m inan
- foul (offence in sports)
Declension
Declension of faul (hard masculine inanimate)
Related terms
Further reading
- “faul”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “faul”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “faul”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
- “faul”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
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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)
Declension
Positive forms of faul
Comparative forms of faul
Superlative forms of faul
Derived terms
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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)
- rotten
- En faules Eu stinkd.
- A rotten egg stinks.
- Die Epple sin schun faul.
- The apples are already rotten.
- lazy
- En fauler Kerl.
- A lazy guy.
Declension
Further reading
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”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
faul
Pitcairn-Norfolk
Etymology
Noun
faul
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
faul m inan
- (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
- foul play (unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature)
- Hypernym: postępek
Declension
Declension of faul
Derived terms
Further reading
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Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
faul m inan
Declension
Related terms
- faulovať (verb)
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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