forfait
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
forfait m (plural forfaits, diminutive forfaitje n)
- fixed amount, lumpsum
- Synonym: vast bedrag
- flat rate
- Synonym: vast tarief
- (taxation, Netherlands) a pre-determined tax amount
- (sports) elimination due to withdrawal
- (law, obsolete) crime
- Synonym: misdaad
Related terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French forfait, past participle of forfaire, from for(t) (variant of Old French fuer, fur) and faire.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forfait m (plural forfaits)
- crime, infamy
- (telephony) flat rate, fixed rate
- (tourism) a package, a pass
- un forfait ski
- a ski pass
- (sports) elimination due to withdrawal; default
- J’ai gagné par forfait
- I won by default
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “forfait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French forfait.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forfait m (invariable)
References edit
- ^ forfait, à in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French forfait.
Noun edit
forfait (plural forfaits)
Descendants edit
- English: forfeit
References edit
- “forfē̆t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French forfait (“crime, offense”).
Noun edit
forfait m (plural forfaits)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
forfait oblique singular, m (oblique plural forfaiz or forfaitz, nominative singular forfaiz or forfaitz, nominative plural forfait)
- crime
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Por quel pechié ? Por quel forfet ?
- For what sin? For what crime?
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French forfait or English forfeit.
Noun edit
forfait n (plural forfait-uri)
Declension edit
Declension of forfait
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) forfait | forfaitul | (niște) forfait-uri | forfait-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) forfait | forfaitului | (unor) forfait-uri | forfait-urilor |
vocative | forfaitule | forfait-urilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from French forfait.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /foɾˈfait/ [foɾˈfai̯t̪]
- Rhymes: -ait
- Syllabification: for‧fait
- IPA(key): (nonstandard) /foɾˈfe/ [foɾˈfe]
Noun edit
forfait m (plural forfaits)
Further reading edit
- “forfait”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (DPD) (en línea), 2.ª edición (versión provisional).