faille

English

Etymology

From Old French.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)

1. A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.

Translations

fabric

• Catalan: fai (ca) m
• Finnish: loimiripsi
• French: faille (fr) f
• Japanese: ファイユ (faiyu)
• Russian: фай (ru) m (faj)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faj/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From faillir.

Noun

faille f (plural failles)

1. (seismology) fault
2. flaw
3. rift (chasm or fissure)

Derived terms

• ligne de faille
• plan de faille
• sans faille

Descendants

• → Turkish: fay

Verb

faille

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of faillir

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French faille. Ultimate origin obscure. Perhaps an Old Frankish borrowing.

Noun

faille f (plural failles)

1. faille (fabric woven from silk)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

faille

1. 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.

Irish

Noun

faille f

1. genitive singular of faill

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faille	fhaille	bhfaille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old French

Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.

Noun

faille oblique singular, f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)

1. 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