flaw

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
2. (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
2. (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
3. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
4. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
5. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
6. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.

Noun

1. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
2. A storm of short duration.
3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder

Concetti

difetto

vizio

mancanza

danno

crepa

fessura

lancio

screpolatura

perdita

magagna

errore

spaccatura

taccola

carenza

imperfezione

incrinatura

pecca

scissura

cricca

sinonimi

defect

fault

blemish

imperfection

shortcoming

deficiency

error

crack

mistake

impairment

lack

failing

shortage

gap

stain

want

blot

damage

loss

weakness

weak point

taint

fissure

drawback

hurt

harm

absence

spot

weak spot

failure

lapse

hole

🕳️

discrepancy

disadvantage

impurity

wart

feebleness

crevice

vice

mar

leak

rent

cracking

injury

rupture

blunder

detriment

deprivation

frailty

scarcity

Traduzioni

défaut

Fehler

defecto

gebrek

falha

defeito

Mangel

desperfecto

ελάττωμα

faille

Manko

carência

beschadiging

defect

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/flɔː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: flawe

Affine islandese: flaga

Affine svedese: flaga

Affine danese: flage

Affine Middle Low German: vlage

Affine inglese antico: flōh

Ereditato da inglese medio: *flaugh

Affine olandese: vlaag

In summary

From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flagō (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *plok- (“broad, flat”).
Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English flōh (“a fragment, piece”).