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faute — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bad adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
  • fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  • foul adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
  • inaccuracy noun The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.
  • lapse noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.
  • mistake noun An action, decision, or belief that is wrong or incorrect.

Senses

faute is used for these senses in English:

  • bad (slang, with possessive determiner) Error; mistake.
  • fault (geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
  • foul (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
  • foul play Any violation of rules.
  • lapse A temporary failure; a slip.
  • mispronunciation (countable) A mispronounced word or phrase.
  • mistake An error.

bad — full definition

  1. adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
  2. adj Morally wrong or wicked.
  3. adj Not functioning correctly, spoiled, or faulty.
  4. adj Severe or serious in degree.
  5. adj Informally, excellent, impressive, or admirably tough (a slang meaning that flips the usual sense).

fault — full definition

  1. noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
  3. noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
  4. verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.

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