forfait

Dutch

Etymology

From French forfait.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits, diminutive forfaitje n)

1. fixed amount, lumpsum

   Synonym: vast bedrag

2. flat rate

   Synonym: vast tarief

3. (taxation, Netherlands) a pre-determined tax amount
4. (sports) elimination due to withdrawal
5. (law, obsolete) crime

   Synonym: misdaad

Related terms

• forfaitair
• à forfait

French

Etymology

From Old French forfait, past participle of forfaire, from for(t) (variant of Old French fuer, fur) and faire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.fɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

1. crime, infamy
2. (telephony) flat rate, fixed rate
3. (tourism) a package, a pass

   un forfait ski

   a ski pass

4. (sports) elimination due to withdrawal; default

   J’ai gagné par forfait

   I won by default

Derived terms

• à forfait
• déclarer forfait
• forfaitiser

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: forfet
• → Italian: forfait

Further reading

• “forfait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French forfait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈfɛ/^**, /forˈfe/^**
• Rhymes: -ɛ, -e

Noun

forfait m (invariable)

1. lump sum, flat rate

Anagrams

• tariffo, tariffò

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French forfait.

Noun

forfait (plural forfaits)

1. crime
2. penalty

Descendants

• English: forfeit

References

• “forfē̆t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French forfait (“crime, offense”).

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

1. (Jersey) heinous crime

Old French

Alternative forms

• forfet
• forsfait
• fourfet

Noun

forfait oblique singular, m (oblique plural forfaiz or forfaitz, nominative singular forfaiz or forfaitz, nominative plural forfait)

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

     Por quel pechié ? Por quel forfet ?

     For what sin? For what crime?

Descendants

• French: forfait
  • → Catalan: forfet
  • → Italian: forfait
• → Middle English: forfait
  • English: forfeit
• Norman: forfait (Jersey)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French forfait or English forfeit.

Noun

forfait n (plural forfait-uri)

1. forfait

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	forfait	forfaitul		forfait-uri	forfait-urile
genitive-dative	forfait	forfaitului		forfait-uri	forfait-urilor
vocative	forfaitule			forfait-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

French forfait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈfait/ [foɾˈfai̯t̪]
  • Rhymes: -ait
  • Syllabification: for‧fait
• IPA^(key): (nonstandard) /foɾˈfe/ [foɾˈfe]

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

1. ski pass
2. flat rate, package price

Further reading

• “forfait”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (DPD) (en línea), 2.ª edición (versión provisional).