fault

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) faulte, faute, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  (deprecated template usage) faute, faulte, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) faute, faulte, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *(deprecated template usage) fallita, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) falsus, perfect passive participle of (deprecated template usage) fallō. Displaced native Template:enm (deprecated template usage) schuld, schuild (from Template:ang (deprecated template usage) scyld), Template:enm (deprecated template usage) lac (from Template:dum (deprecated template usage) lak), Template:enm (deprecated template usage) last (from Template:non (deprecated template usage) lǫstr, löstr).

Noun

fault (plural faults)

1. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
2. A mistake or error.
3. A weakness of character.
4. A minor offense.
5. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
6. Template:geology A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity
7. (deprecated template usage) An illegal serve.
8. (deprecated template usage) An abnormal connection in a circuit.

Derived terms

• at fault
• to a fault

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:defect

Translations

defect

• Albanian: gabim , faj
• Arabic: خلل m (khalal)
• Catalan: errada Template:f, culpa Template:f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛病 (máobing, máobìng), 缺點／缺点 (quēdiǎn), 缺点 (quēdiǎn)

• Croatian: , ,
• Czech: chyba (cs) f
• Esperanto:
• French: défaut (1,3), faute Template:f (2, 4, 5, 7)
• German: Fehler (de) m
• Hungarian: hiba (hu)
• Hindi:
• Italian: colpa f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 欠点 (ja) (けってん, ketten), 欠陥 (けっかん, kekkan)
• Latin: culpa f
• Polish: wada f
• Portuguese: defeito (pt) m, falha (pt) f
• Romanian: hibă f
• Russian: дефект (ru) m (defékt), изъян (ru) m (iz”ján), ошибка (ru) f (ošíbka)
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Serbian:
• Slovak: chyba f
• Slovene: hiba f
• Spanish: defecto m, falla (es) f
• Telugu: తప్పిదం (tappidaM)

mistake, e.g., of a person

• Arabic: خطأ m (khaTa')

  Egyptian: زمب (ar) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錯誤／错误 (cuòwù), 错误 (cuòwù)

• French: faute (fr) f
• German: Schuld (de) f
• Hindi: ,
• Japanese: せい (sei), 誤り (ayamari)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: culpa f
• Portuguese: culpa (pt) f
• Romanian: vină (ro) f, greșeală (ro) f, culpă (ro) f
• Russian: вина (ru) f (viná), ошибка (ru) f (ošíbka)
• Scottish Gaelic: , coire f
• Turkish: hata

geological fracture through rock

• Croatian:
• Dutch: breuk (nl) c
• French: faille (fr) f, faute (fr) f
• Italian: fessura f, crepa f, frattura f, faglia f
• Japanese: Template:Jpan (dansō)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: culpa f
• Polish: uskok m
• Portuguese: falha (pt) f
• Spanish: falla (es) f

Verb

fault (third-person singular simple present faults, present participle faulting, simple past and past participle faulted)

1. Template:transitive To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
2. Template:intransitive To fracture.
3. Template:intransitive To commit a mistake or error.
4. Template:intransitive To undergo a page fault.
   • 2002, Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration

     When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults.

Translations

• French: mettre en défaut (1), trouver une faille dans (1), se failler (2), faillir (3)

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French

Verb

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of faut

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Old French

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fault

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of fau

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) falsus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) fault m (feminine fausse)

1. false; not true
2. false; fake; unreal

Declension

Declension of fault

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	faulz	fausse	fault
	Oblique	fault	fausse		fault
Plural	Subject	fault	fausses		fault
	Oblique	faulz	fausses		fault

Descendants

• English: fault
• French: faux (likely from faulz, fauz)