defect

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A fault or malfunction.
2. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
3. A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
2. To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
3. To join the enemy army.
4. To flee one's country and seek asylum.

Concepts

défaut

vice

manque

préjudice

insuffisance

dégât

imperfection

tare

déserter

🏜️

faute

privation

défection

faire défection

point faible

malfaçon

défectuosité

défauts

passer à

faiblesses

points faibles

abandonner

defauts

abîmer

déficience

désert

🏜️

détériorer

dommage

endommager

faille

infirmité

livrer

loup

🐺

paille

passer

quitter

souillure

tache

Synonymes

fault

flaw

blemish

deficiency

shortcoming

imperfection

drawback

failing

damage

disadvantage

lack

desert

🏜️

error

weakness

impairment

want

failure

shortage

demerit

weak point

gap

vice

absence

blot

mistake

harm

stain

loss

hurt

frailty

scar

mar

omission

injury

inadequacy

blame

bad quality

glitch

bug

🐛

feebleness

malfunction

scarcity

abandon

apostatize

deformity

objection

macula

slur

fall away

default

Traductions

defecto

difetto

Fehler

Mangel

gebrek

Defekt

defeito

mancanza

defect

ελάττωμα

Schaden

falha

defecte

carência

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdiːfɛkt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“of, from”) + facere (“to do”).