English edit

Etymology edit

From Old French.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)

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

Translations edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /faj/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From faillir.

Noun edit

faille f (plural failles)

  1. (seismology) fault
  2. flaw
  3. rift (chasm or fissure)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Turkish: fay

Verb edit

faille

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of faillir

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

faille f (plural failles)

  1. faille (fabric woven from silk)

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

faille

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of falloir
    je ne crois pas qu’il faille faire celaI don't think this needs to be done

Further reading edit

Irish edit

Noun edit

faille f

  1. genitive singular of faill

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

  1. failure

Descendants edit