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Dutch
Etymology
From earlier faillement, from Middle French faillement, from faillir (“to fail, go bankrupt”). The insertion of -iss- happened in Dutch as a hyperforeignism, and is not found in the French word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfaː.ji.səˈmɛnt/, /ˌfaː.jɪ.səˈmɛnt/
- Hyphenation: fail‧lis‧se‧ment
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
faillissement n (plural faillissementen, diminutive faillissementje n)
- (law) A bankruptcy.
- (figuratively) The demise, the undoing of something or someone.
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