fait

Meaning

Noun

fact

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of faire

Verb

past participle of faire

Adj

1. done
2. cut out
3. mature or ripe
4. (slang) drunk

faire

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

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Concepts

fact

done

deed

act

ripe

truth

made

event

mature

matter

action

adult

🧑

data

reality

thing

work

accepted fact

experience

does

did

news item

occurence

occurrence

performance

deed of conveyance

reason

circumstances

fact

title

business

fact

𐑁𐐰𐐿𐐻

fabrication

feat

fixed

full-grown

Synonyms

vérité

acte

action

événement

mûr

vin prêt

chose

réalité

document

effet

état

cas

geste

haut fait

incident

affaire

nature

œuvre

phénomène

pièce

prêt

qualité

acte notarié

tâche

terminé

titre

adulte

🧑

besogne

construit

érigé

evolué

réparé

verité

détail

Translations

hecho

fatto

Tatsache

feit

facto

Fakt

fato

fet

γεγονός

Faktum

olgu

fach

dunque

Wahrheit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: fait

Inherited from Old French: fet

Inherited from Latin: factum

In summary

Inherited from Middle French fait, from Old French fet, from Latin factum.

Sentences

Il est fait prisonnier par les alliés .

He is taken prisoner by the allies.

Du fait de la présence de nombreux autres acides , une séparation est nécessaire .

Due to the presence of many other acids, separation is necessary.

En fait , cette même ligne touche l'oreille de ce dernier .

In fact, this same line touches the latter's ear.

Il s’est fait tuer .

He was killed.

Le monument fait l'objet de nombreuses théories du complot .

The monument is the subject of many conspiracy theories.

Proche de l'Union pour la démocratie , il n'en fait pas partie .

Close to the Union for Democracy, it is not part of it.