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Webster 1913 Edition
Faille
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Faille
,Noun.
[F.]
A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.
Definition 2024
faille
faille
English
Noun
faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)
Translations
fabric
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faj/
Noun
faille f (plural failles)
Verb
faille
- third-person singular present subjunctive of falloir
Verb
faille
- third-person singular present subjunctive of faillir
Irish
Noun
faille f
- genitive singular of faill
Mutation
| 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
Etymology
Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.
Noun
faille f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)
- failure
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
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Le sairemant sor sainte Eglise
Li fet qu’il revandra sanz faille.
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Le sairemant sor sainte Eglise
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Descendants
- French: faille