faille

From Old French.

• Rhymes: -eɪl

faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)

1. A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.

• IPA^(key): /faj/

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From faillir.

faille f (plural failles)

1. (seismology) fault
2. flaw
3. rift (chasm or fissure)

• ligne de faille
• plan de faille
• sans faille

• → Turkish: fay

faille

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of faillir

Inherited from Old French faille. Ultimate origin obscure. Perhaps an Old Frankish borrowing.

faille f (plural failles)

1. faille (fabric woven from silk)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

faille

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of falloir

   je ne crois pas qu’il faille faire cela ― I don't think this needs to be done

• “faille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “faille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.

faille f

1. genitive singular of faill

Ultimately from the Latin verb fallō.

faille oblique singular, f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)

1. failure
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Le sairemant sor sainte Eglise
     Li fet qu’il revandra sanz faille.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• French: faille