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fault
English
Etymology
From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fall? (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse l?str (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??lt/, /f?lt/
- (US) IPA(key): /f?lt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /f?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
Noun
fault (plural faults)
- A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
- A mistake or error.
- A weakness of character; a failing.
- A minor offense.
- Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
- (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
- (tennis) An illegal serve.
- (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
- (obsolete) want; lack
- (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defect
Hyponyms
(seismology):
- normal fault
- reverse fault
- strike-slip fault
- thrust fault
- transform fault
Derived terms
Related terms
- default
Translations
Verb
fault (third-person singular simple present faults, present participle faulting, simple past and past participle faulted)
- (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
- a. 1723, unknown author, The Devonshire Nymph
- For that, says he, I ne'er will fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.
- a. 1723, unknown author, The Devonshire Nymph
- (intransitive, geology) To fracture.
- (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
- (intransitive, computing) 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.
- 2002, Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration
Translations
References
French
Verb
fault
- Obsolete spelling of faut (third-person singular present indicative of falloir)
German
Verb
fault
- inflection of faulen:
- second-person plural present
- third-person singular present
- plural imperative
fault From the web:
- what fault is the san andreas fault
- what fault line is california on
- what fault is caused by compression
- what fault is caused by tension
- what fault causes earthquakes
- what fault occurs at a transform boundary
- what fault is a convergent boundary
criticism
English
Etymology
critic +? -ism
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??t?s?z?m/
- Hyphenation: crit?i?cism
Noun
criticism (countable and uncountable, plural criticisms)
- (uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
- The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.
- (countable) A critical observation or detailed examination and review.
- The politician received several detailed criticisms of his stance on the issue.
- Synonyms: critique, animadversion, censure
Derived terms
Related terms
- critic
- criticise
- critical
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “criticism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- criticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- "criticism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 84.
Romanian
Etymology
From French criticisme
Noun
criticism n (uncountable)
- criticism
Declension
criticism From the web:
- what criticism means
- what criticism could modern readers
- what does criticism mean
- what do criticism mean
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