lapse

Signification (English)

1. A temporary failure; a slip.
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.
4. An interval of time between events.
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
8. A fall or apostasy.

devenir caduc

se passer

faute légère

s’écouler

se périmer

travail saboté

glide by

slide by

hang down

passage of time

sign away

roll by

lack of

slope down

statute of limitations

slide into

passingaway

inntermediateness

write too much

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/læps/

From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

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