fout

See also: főút, Fout, and FOUT

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch faute, from Old French faute. The adjectival sense developed later, replacing older foutief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑu̯t/

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• Hyphenation: fout
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Noun

fout f (plural fouten, diminutive foutje n)

1. error, mistake

   Hij maakte een kleine fout in de berekening.

   He made a small error in the calculation.

   Ze realiseerden zich dat ze een foutje hadden gemaakt in hun planning.

   They realized they had made a mistake in their planning.

2. fault, defect

   De monteur repareerde de auto en loste het foutje op.

   The mechanic fixed the car and corrected the fault.

   Er was een technische fout in het computersysteem waardoor het niet goed functioneerde.

   There was a technical defect in the computer system that caused it to malfunction.

   De fabrikant heeft de fout in het productieproces hersteld.

   The manufacturer corrected the fault in the production process.

Derived terms

• denkfout
• drukfout
• dt-fout
• grammaticafout
• karakterfout
• rekenfout
• spelfout, spellingsfout
• taalfout
• zetfout

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: fout
• Negerhollands: faut, fout, vout
• → Papiamentu: fout
• → Sranan Tongo: fowtu
  • → Saramaccan: fóútu

Adjective

fout (comparative fouter, superlative foutst)

1. wrong
2. (colloquial) unfashionable, cheesy, inappropriate
3. (chiefly historical) active in or collaborating with far-right movements, especially Nazism

   De burgemeester van dit stadje was fout in de oorlog.

   The mayor of this town was a Nazi collaborator during the war.

Inflection

Declension of fout
uninflected	fout
inflected	foute
comparative	fouter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		fout	fouter	het foutst het foutste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	foute	foutere	foutste
	n. sing.	fout	fouter	foutste
	plural	foute	foutere	foutste
definite		foute	foutere	foutste
partitive		fouts	fouters	—

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: fowtu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu/

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• Homophones: fou, fous, foux

Verb

fout

1. third-person singular present indicative of foutre

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French foutre (“to mock”), compare Haitian Creole fout.

Verb

fout

1. to mock
2. to give (a push)

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Luxembourgish

Verb

fout

1. inflection of fouen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

Middle English

Noun

fout

1. Alternative form of fot

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English faute, from Anglo-Norman faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸɔːt/

Noun

fout

1. fault
   • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 108:

     An that was a fout,

     And that was a fault.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40