flaw

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

gebrek

beschadiging

defect

euvel

gemis

tekort

tekortkoming

manco

mankement

afwezigheid

schade

fout

barst

strop

nadeel

verlies

vlek

afbreuk

deficit

scheur

leemte

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breuk

kier

ontbering

reet

smet

spleet

schending

breking

kink

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

défaut

Fehler

difetto

defecto

falha

defeito

Mangel

desperfecto

ελάττωμα

vizio

faille

Manko

carência

mancanza

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/flɔː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: flawe

Verwant aan IJslands: flaga

Verwant aan Zweeds: flaga

Verwant aan Deens: flage

Verwant aan Middle Low German: vlage

Verwant aan Oudengels: flōh

Overgenomen van Middelengels: *flaugh

Verwant aan Nederlands: 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”).