faille
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun edit
faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)
Translations edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From faillir.
Noun edit
faille f (plural failles)
- (seismology) fault
- flaw
- rift (chasm or fissure)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: fay
Verb edit
faille
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old French faille. Ultimate origin obscure. Perhaps an Old Frankish borrowing.
Noun edit
faille f (plural failles)
- faille (fabric woven from silk)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
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 edit
- “faille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “faille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
Irish edit
Noun edit
faille f
Mutation edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.
Noun edit
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 edit
- French: faille