faute — meaning in English
French → English · translate English → French instead
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
- adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
- adj Morally wrong or wicked.
- adj Not functioning correctly, spoiled, or faulty.
- adj Severe or serious in degree.
- adj Informally, excellent, impressive, or admirably tough (a slang meaning that flips the usual sense).
fault — full definition
- noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
- noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
- noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
- verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.