faire

Meaning

1. to do
2. to make
3. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)
4. to make (cause someone or something to do something)
5. to act like (something)
6. to be (of the weather or various situations)
7. to do, to make (oneself)
8. to be, to get (used for a passive action)
9. to ripen (of fruit), to mature
10. to become used to, to get used to
11. (slang) to do (to have sex with)
12. (informal) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified)
13. to become, to get
14. to set a price, put a price tag (on), sell

Concepts

make

do

go

work

act

cause

produce

create

perform

place

take

engender

be

induce

establish

walk

give

form

get

build

move

set up

generate

play

construct

prepare

manage

accomplish

behave

draw

have

set

raise

carry out

wage

build up

make up

manufacture

cook

deal

pile

tie

stimulate

run

boil

crawl

bring about

bear

lecture

render

complete

send

realize

transact

noise

tie knot

step

put

equal

seduce

break

pause

shower

localise

localize

execute

creep

clear

gain

come

constitute

serve

transform

lead

forge

originate

provoke

father

bring forth

compose

drive

conceive

blowjob

commit

let

stretch

widen

fabricate

tailor

train

conduct oneself

make do

make shift

imagine

inflict

keep

leave

pursue

undertake

do what

apply

achieve

carry

choose

gather

marry

pick

pick up

receive

brew

brew beer

mound

mid-day break

afternoon break

prayer

pilgrimage

magic

heap

signal

hubbub

stroll

make well

put in

put to sleep

sleep

remover

hope

get something ready

overturn

exhort

remind

wind on

wind

burp

arrange

coif

coiffe

coiffure

dress

take a shit

ca-ca

crap

defecate

shit

stool

take a crap

proceed

break down

conk out

die

fail

give out

give way

go bad

come in

come out

lay down

plump

intermit

make believe

pretend

echo

repeat

post

station

aim

direct

point

target

run low

run short

score

fix

ready

fill in

shade

hold

throw

copy

imitate

simulate

depart

go away

take the air

bounce

bound

rebound

recoil

resile

reverberate

ricochet

spring

take a hop

get to

progress to

reach

sound

bring in

earn

pull in

realise

take in

locate

site

name

nominate

exercise

practice

practise

fare

get along

make out

endure

hold out

hold up

last

live

live on

survive

hesitate

answer

suffice

embody

personify

belong

shower down

doh

ut

bash

brawl

split

issue

jump the gun

scapegoat

skim

be it

is

happen

cost

to be equal

to equal

give rise to

come up with

implement

call

entail

eventuate

yield

erect

exteriorize

model, to

pug

carry through

dost

follow out

stage

ablate

abstract

amputate

banish

dismantle

put aside

remove

take out

cultivate

farm

travel

climb

prowl

pussyfoot

slither

be able

comport

conduct

appropriate

seize

take by storm

am

amount

comprise

mind

be worth

simmer

beget

inbreed

procreate

convert

enact

commove

effectuate

excite

force

incite

inspire

persuade

pin down

prevail

spark off

spur on

urge

catch

develop

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛʁ/

Etymology

From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin facere. The past historic and imperfect subjunctive stem fi- (fis, fis, fit...) originated in the Latin form fēcī, with metaphony (*/ˈfed͡zi/ > */ˈfit͡s/).

Sentences

Je puis faire du bruit ?

May I make some noise?

Que vais-je faire ?

What am I going to do?

Mais je n’ai rien dit pour vous faire du tort .

But I didn't say anything to hurt you.

Il avait pour objectif d'en faire un stade de places .

His goal was to make it a stadium of places.

Vous avez une raison pour faire , de gaîté de cœur , une telle révélation .

You have a reason to gaiety of heart, such a revelation.

Sa mission est de faire régner l'ordre.

Its mission is to maintain order.

Il s'agit de faire un état des lieux et de remettre des propositions .

It is a question of making an inventory and submitting proposals.

Le spectateur peut y voir Julia Roberts y faire ses emplettes .

The viewer can see Julia Roberts shopping there.