# faul
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfau̯l]
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### Noun

faul m inan
* foul (offence in sports)

#### Related terms

* faulovat

### Further reading

* “faul”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “faul”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “faul”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
* “faul” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (“rotten, putrid”).
Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful. Doublet of Foul.
The sense “lazy” developed in part from the idea of food rotting when lying around, in part from the notion that idleness is morally rotten.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faʊ̯l/
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* Homophone: Foul

### Adjective

faul (strong nominative masculine singular fauler, comparative fauler, superlative am faulsten)
* foul, rotten, rancid
* lazy

#### Derived terms

* auf der faulen Haut liegen
* faulen
* faulig
* Fäulnis
* Faultier
* oberfaul
* stinkfaul

### Further reading

* “faul” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “faul” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “faul” in Duden online
* “faul” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faʊ̯l/

### Adjective

faul (comparative fauler, superlative faulest)
* rotten
    En faules Eu stinkd.A rotten egg stinks.
    Die Epple sin schun faul.The apples are already rotten.
* lazy
    En fauler Kerl.A lazy guy.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (“rotten, putrid”).
Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful.

### Pronunciation

* (rotten) IPA: /fɑʊl/
* (lazy) IPA: /fæːʊl/

### Adjective

faul
* rotten
* lazy

## Pitcairn-Norfolk
### Etymology

From English fowl.

### Noun

faul
* chicken; fowl; poultry

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English foul.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfawl/
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* Rhymes: -awl
* Syllabification: faul

### Noun

faul m inan
* (sports) foul (breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage)
    Hypernym: wykroczenie
* foul play (unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature)
    Hypernym: postępek

#### Derived terms

* faulować impf
* sfaulować pf

### Further reading

* faul in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* faul in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* faul in PWN's encyclopedia

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfaul]

### Noun

faul m inan
* (sports) foul

#### Related terms

* faulovať (verb)

### Further reading

* “faul”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025