faille

English

Etymology

From Old French.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)

1. A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.

Translations

fabric

• Catalan: fai (ca) m
• Finnish: loimiripsi
• French: faille (fr) f
• Japanese: ファイユ (faiyu)
• Russian: фай (ru) m (faj)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faj/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From faillir.

Noun

faille f (plural failles)

1. (seismology) fault
2. flaw
3. rift (chasm or fissure)

Derived terms

• ligne de faille
• plan de faille
• sans faille

Descendants

• → Turkish: fay

Verb

faille

1. 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)

1. faille (fabric woven from silk)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

faille

1. 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

• “faille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “faille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.

Irish

Noun

faille f

1. genitive singular of faill

Mutation

Mutated forms of faille

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faille	fhaille	bhfaille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old French

Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.

Noun

faille oblique singular, f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)

1. failure
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Le sairemant sor sainte Eglise
     Li fet qu’il revandra sanz faille.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• French: faille