fault
Betekenis (English)
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- A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
- A mistake or error.
- A weakness of character; a failing.
- A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which subjects a person or thing to increased risk of danger.
- A minor offense.
- Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
- A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
- An illegal serve.
- An abnormal connection in a circuit.
- (obsolete) want; lack
- A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
Concepten
Synonyms
weak point
be at fault
find fault with
geological fault
matter of concern
typing error
be confused
do wrong
make mistake
tattered clothes
bad point
below grade
branching fault
stacking fault
management fault
below proof
break-down
denounce
distributive fault
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/fɔːlt/
Etymologie (English)
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.
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