falloir

Meaning

1. (defective, impersonal) to need, have to, to be necessary (that)
2. (defective) to take (time)
3. (defective, reflexive) to be missing

Concepts

need

must

have to

have

one should

one should ought to

it be necessary

require

respectable

have to must

Synonyms

devoir

convenir

avoir besoin

compter

🔢

correctement

être grave

importer

juste

nécessiter

normal

peser

quelque chose

s’agir de

avoir à

convenir de

acceptable

être nécessaire

convenable

convenablement

correct

Translations

πρέπει

haber que

müssen

bisognare

occorrere

dovere

hacer falta

deber

importar

caldre

caler

sollen

importar

bedürfen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fa.lwaʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: faloir

In summary

Inherited from Old French faloir, from an earlier falleir, from a changing of Old French faillir after its third person singular, faut, earlier falt (from Latin fallit), based off the model of valoir. Faillir derives in turn from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere, fallō. Compare Franco-Provençal falêr from a similar development in Old Franco-Provençal.