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faille

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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Etymology

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From Old French.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)

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

Translations

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faj/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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From faillir.

Noun

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faille f (plural failles)

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

Verb

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faille

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of faillir

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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faille f (plural failles)

  1. faille (fabric woven from silk)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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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

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Irish

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Noun

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faille f

  1. genitive singular of faill

Mutation

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Mutated forms of faille
radical lenition eclipsis
faille fhaille bhfaille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old French

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Etymology

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Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.

Noun

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

  1. failure

Descendants

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