fault

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
2. A mistake or error.
3. A weakness of character; a failing.
4. A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which subjects a person or thing to increased risk of danger.
5. A minor offense.
6. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
7. A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
8. In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
9. An illegal serve.
10. An abnormal connection in a circuit.
11. (obsolete) want; lack
12. A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

Verb

1. To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
2. To fracture.
3. To commit a mistake or error.
4. To undergo a page fault.

Concepts

faute

défaut

erreur

tort

faille

vice

panne

délit

point faible

péché

fracture

démérite

avoir tort

fautif

cassure

mal

faillir

mettre en défaut

se failler

trouver une faille dans

défaillance

défectuosité

malfaçon

s’en prendre à

indiscrétion

dérangement

dérèglement

cause

raison

imperfection

problème

dommage

pêché

responsabilité

fauter

casser

dégât

préjudice

tare

crime

trompons

bobo

bévue

embrouillons

faux pas

gaffe

rafistolage

travail saboté

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɔːlt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse lǫstr (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.