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English
Pronunciation
Noun
faule (plural faules)
- (obsolete) A fall or falling band.
1648, Robert Herrick, “.] The Dirge of Jephthahs Daughter: Sung by the Virgins.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine , London: John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho Hunt, , →OCLC, stanza 8, page 27:To guild thy Tombe; beſides, theſe Caules, / Theſe Laces, Ribbands, and theſe Faules, / Theſe Veiles, vvherevvith vve uſe to hide / The Baſhfull Bride, / VVhen vve conduct her to her Groome: / All, all vve lay upon thy Tombe.
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin fabula.
Noun
faule f (plural faules)
- fable
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
faule
- inflection of faul:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Plautdietsch
Verb
faule
- to fall
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -awli, (Portugal) -awlɨ
- Hyphenation: fau‧le
Verb
faule
- inflection of faular:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative