Neuter

faillissement

Meaning

  1. (neuter) a bankruptcy
  2. (figuratively, neuter) the demise, the undoing of something or someone

Synonyms

insolventie

faillisement

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌfaː.ji.səˈmɛnt/
Etymology

From earlier faillement, from Middle French faillement, from faillir (“to fail, go bankrupt”). The insertion of -iss- happened in Dutch as a hyperforeignism, and is not found in the French word.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes