défaillance
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See also: defaillance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French defaillance, equivalent to défaillir (“to faint”) + -ance.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]défaillance f (plural défaillances)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: défaillance, defaillance
Further reading
[edit]- “défaillance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French défaillance, from Middle French defaillance, from defaillir (“to faint”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]défaillance f (invariable)
- faintness, dizziness
- Synonyms: mancamento m, svenimento m
- (figurative) momentary lapse
- collapse, crisis
- Synonyms: crisi f, crollo m, esaurimento m
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms suffixed with -ance
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s
- Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s/3 syllables
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from French
- Italian unadapted borrowings from French
- Italian terms derived from French
- Italian terms derived from Middle French
- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns