faust

See also: Faust

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faustus (“favorable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfawst]

Adjective

faust (feminine fausta, masculine plural fausts or faustos, feminine plural faustes)

1. happy, fortunate

   Synonyms: afortunat, feliç, benhaurat

   un esdeveniment faust ― a fortunate event

   Va escampar-se arreu la fausta nova que l'exèrcit francès desocupava la Ciutat Comtal ― The good news that the French army was vacating the City of Barcelona spread everywhere

Further reading

• “faust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “faust”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “faust”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Plautdietsch

Adjective

faust

1. firm, tight, fast, solid, secure