different between faille vs faile

English

Etymology

From Old French.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)

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

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faj/

Etymology 1

From faillir.

Noun

faille f (plural failles)

1. (seismology) fault
2. flaw

Derived terms

• ligne de faille
• plan de faille
• sans faille

Verb

faille

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of faillir

Etymology 2

From Old French faille. Ultimate origin obscure. Perhaps an Old Frankish borrowing.

Noun

faille f (plural failles)

1. faille (fabric woven from silk)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

faille

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of falloir

Further reading

• “faille” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Noun

faille f

1. genitive singular of faill

Mutation

Old French

Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin verb fall?.

Noun

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

1. failure

Descendants

• French: faille

English

Verb

faile (third-person singular simple present failes, present participle failing, simple past and past participle failed)

1. Obsolete spelling of fail

Anagrams

• A-Life, A-life, ALife, Alfie, Alife, a-life, aLife, alief, alife

Irish

Noun

faile f

1. genitive singular of fail