fault

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
2. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
3. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
4. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
5. (obsolete) A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
6. A mistake or error.
7. A mistake or error.
8. A mistake or error.
9. A mistake or error.
10. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
11. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
12. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
13. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
14. (obsolete) want; lack; absence

Verb

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

Concepts

faute

défaut

erreur

tort

faille

vice

panne

péché

point faible

cassure

fautif

délit

fracture

avoir tort

démérite

mal

préjudice

problème

raison

responsabilité

trouver une faille dans

dérèglement

fauter

imperfection

malfaçon

pêché

rafistolage

s’en prendre à

tare

trompons

embrouillons

travail saboté

se failler

bévue

bobo

casser

cause

crime

défaillance

défectuosité

dégât

dérangement

dommage

faillir

faux pas

gaffe

indiscrétion

mettre en défaut

Synonymes

defect

error

mistake

blemish

flaw

sin

blame

guilt

offence

crime

failure

blunder

wrong

shortcoming

imperfection

deficiency

transgression

failing

offense

weakness

slip

malfunction

lapse

weak point

misdeed

vice

demerit

drawback

damage

breakdown

criticize

censure

misdemeanour

bug

🐛

responsibility

mismanagement

break

frailty

fracture

spot

stumble

oversight

disgrace

discredit

cause

misdemeanor

misconduct

lack

indiscretion

judge

🧑‍⚖️

Traductions

Fehler

colpa

culpa

Schuld

errore

error

falha

defecto

fout

falla

error

falta

λάθος

difetto

culpa

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɔːlt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: faulte

Appartenant à moyen anglais: schuld

Appartenant à ancien anglais: scyld

Appartenant à moyen anglais: lac

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: lak

Appartenant à moyen anglais: last

Appartenant à vieux norrois: lǫstr

Appartenant à français: faute

Appartenant à portugais: falta

Appartenant à espagnol: falta

In summary

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.