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English
Etymology
From Old French.
Pronunciation
Noun
faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)
- A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From faillir.
Noun
faille f (plural failles)
- (seismology) fault
- flaw
- rift (chasm or fissure)
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
faille
- third-person singular present subjunctive of faillir
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old French faille. Ultimate origin obscure. Perhaps an Old Frankish borrowing.
Noun
faille f (plural failles)
- faille (fabric woven from silk)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
faille
- third-person singular present subjunctive of falloir
- je ne crois pas qu’il faille faire cela ― I don't think this needs to be done
Further reading
Irish
Noun
faille f
- genitive singular of faill
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| faille
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fhaille
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bhfaille
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Old French
Etymology
Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.
Noun
faille oblique singular, f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)
- failure
Descendants