fault
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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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 fallō (“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 lǫstr (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.
Inflected forms:
form: faults
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: faults
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: faulting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: faulted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: faulted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
pos: noun
examples: No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.
I told them the pie was still too hot. If they burn their tongues, that's their fault.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
A police official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that a note found at the scene addressed to Ms. Spade's 13-year-old daughter indicated, among other things, that what had happened was not the child’s fault.
How many more innocent people and kids gotta get killed by these police, man? / And then it's always the victim's fault
gloss: A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
pos: noun
examples: Despite all her faults, she’s a good person at heart.
gloss: A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
pos: noun
examples: You're still young, that's your fault.
gloss: A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
pos: noun
examples: Cork taint is one of the most recognizable wine faults.
The time of greatest prevalence of this microörganism, August and September, agreed in general with the occurrence of this cheese fault. Not a single Cheddar cheese was found which turned blue, and as the iron content of Cheddar cheese was low the author regards this as supporting his conclusion that iron is the cause of the fault.
No common wine fault is likely to cause serious health problems but you won't want to take the tasting much further if the wine smells faulty.
gloss: A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: As patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault.
gloss: A mistake or error.
pos: noun
gloss: A mistake or error.
pos: noun
examples: It is a fault if the ball served drop in the net, or beyond the Service-Line, or if it drop out of Court, or in the wrong Court. A fault may not be taken. After a fault, the Server shall serve again from the same Court from which he served that fault.
gloss: A mistake or error.
pos: noun
examples: If the horse refuses an obstacle, the rider will receive four faults.
gloss: A mistake or error.
pos: noun
gloss: A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
pos: noun
examples: That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.
gloss: A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
pos: noun
gloss: A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
pos: noun
examples: Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, / With much ado, the cold fault clearly out.
gloss: A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
pos: noun
gloss: want; lack; absence
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: one, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend
gloss: To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: For that, says he, I ne'er will fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.
"There will a team over there [he waves towards York's Rail Operating Centre] like flight engineers, maintaining it and faulting it from a ROC rather than a van by the side of the track."
gloss: To fracture.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To commit a mistake or error.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To undergo a page fault.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: default
Derived words: active fault
a fault confessed is half redressed
arc fault
at fault
at-fault
blind thrust fault
Byzantine fault tolerance
dextral fault
double fault
double-fault
downfault
electrical fault
fault current
faultfinder
faultfind
fault-find
fault-finding
faultfinding
fault-free
faultful
fault gouge
fault injection
faultless
fault-line
fault line
fault plane
fault-prone
fault scarp
fault tolerance
fault-tolerant
fault trace
fault tree
faultworthy
faulty
find fault
findfault
foot fault
footfault
interfault
it's not my fault
locked fault
no-fault divorce
no-fault
no fault
page fault
pick-fault
pick fault
postfault
pseudofault
San Andreas fault
segfault
segmentation fault
sinistral fault
strikeslip fault
subfault
time fault
to a fault
triple fault
upfault
wrench fault
faultable
faulter
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: gabim
lang: Albanian
word: faj
lang: Arabic
word: خَلَل
roman: ḵalal
lang: Arabic
word: عَيْب
roman: ʕayb
lang: Arabic
word: عَوَار
roman: ʕawār
lang: Belarusian
word: дэфе́кт
roman: defjékt
lang: Belarusian
word: га́на
roman: hána
lang: Bengali
word: দোষ
roman: dōś
lang: Bengali
word: ত্রুটি
roman: truṭi
lang: Bhojpuri
word: दोष
roman: dōṣ
lang: Bulgarian
word: дефе́кт
roman: defékt
lang: Bulgarian
word: недоста́тък
roman: nedostátǎk
lang: Catalan
word: errada
lang: Catalan
word: culpa
lang: Catalan
word: defecte
lang: Catalan
word: error
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 毛病
roman: máobing, máobìng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 缺點 /缺点
roman: quēdiǎn
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: kosa
lang: Czech
word: chyba
lang: Esperanto
word: eraro
lang: Estonian
word: viga
lang: Finnish
word: puute
lang: Finnish
word: virhe
lang: Finnish
word: vika
lang: Finnish
word: epäkohta
lang: French
word: défaut
lang: Georgian
word: წუნი
roman: c̣uni
lang: Georgian
word: ნაკლი
roman: naḳli
lang: German
word: Fehler
lang: Hebrew
word: פָּגַם
roman: pgam
lang: Hindi
word: खोट
roman: khoṭ
lang: Hindi
word: दोष
roman: doṣ
lang: Hungarian
word: hiba
lang: Hungarian
word: hiányosság
lang: Hungarian
word: fogyatékosság
lang: Italian
word: colpa
lang: Italian
word: imperfezione
lang: Japanese
word: 欠点
roman: ketten
lang: Japanese
word: 欠陥
roman: kekkan
lang: Korean
word: 결함
roman: gyeolham
lang: Latin
word: vitium
lang: Latin
word: culpa
lang: Malayalam
word: പിഴവ്
roman: piḻavŭ
lang: Maranao
word: daway
lang: Persian
word: عیب
roman: 'eyb
lang: Persian
word: عوار
roman: 'avâr
lang: Persian
word: نقص
roman: naqs
lang: Polish
word: wada
lang: Polish
word: defekt
lang: Portuguese
word: defeito
lang: Portuguese
word: falha
lang: Romanian
word: hibă
lang: Russian
word: дефе́кт
roman: defékt
lang: Russian
word: изъя́н
roman: izʺján
lang: Russian
word: оши́бка
roman: ošíbka
lang: Sanskrit
word: दोष
roman: doṣa
lang: Sanskrit
word: अगुण
roman: aguṇa
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cron
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: грешка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: грјешка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мана
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кривња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: greška
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: grješka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mana
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: krivnja
lang: Slovak
word: chyba
lang: Slovene
word: hiba
lang: Spanish
word: defecto
lang: Spanish
word: falla
lang: Swedish
word: fel
lang: Swedish
word: brist
lang: Telugu
word: తప్పిదం
roman: tappidaṁ
lang: Thai
word: ข้อบกพร่อง
lang: Thai
word: จุดบกพร่อง
roman: jùt-bòk-prɔ̂ng
lang: Turkish
word: yanlış
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ردت
roman: reddet
lang: Ukrainian
word: ґандж
roman: gandž
lang: Ukrainian
word: дефе́кт
roman: defékt
lang: Ukrainian
word: ва́да
roman: váda
lang: Uzbek
word: min
lang: Welsh
word: bai
lang: Zazaki
word: xırab
lang: Zazaki
word: eyb
lang: Arabic
word: خَطَأ
roman: ḵaṭaʔ
lang: Arabic
word: غَلْطَة
roman: ḡalṭa
lang: Arabic
word: زمب
lang: Azerbaijani
word: səhv
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yanlış
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yanlışlıq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: iştibah
lang: Bashkir
word: хата
roman: xata
lang: Basque
word: huts
lang: Belarusian
word: памы́лка
roman: pamýlka
lang: Bengali
word: ভুল
roman: bhul
lang: Bengali
word: গলতি
roman: gôlti
lang: Bengali
word: খাতা
roman: khata
lang: Bulgarian
word: гре́шка
roman: gréška
lang: Catalan
word: error
lang: Catalan
word: errada
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 錯誤 /错误
roman: cuòwù
lang: Czech
word: chyba
lang: Dutch
word: fout
lang: Estonian
word: viga
lang: Finnish
word: virhe
lang: Finnish
word: vika
lang: Finnish
word: moka
lang: French
word: faute
lang: Georgian
word: შეცდომა
roman: šecdoma
lang: Georgian
word: ცდომილება
roman: cdomileba
lang: German
word: Schuld
lang: Greek
word: φταίξιμο
roman: ftaíximo
lang: Hebrew
word: טָעוּת
roman: taút
lang: Hebrew
word: משגה
roman: mishgé
lang: Hindi
word: ग़लती
roman: ġaltī
lang: Hindi
word: क़सूर
roman: qasūr
lang: Hungarian
word: hiba
lang: Hungarian
word: mulasztás
lang: Italian
word: colpa
lang: Japanese
word: せい
roman: sei
lang: Japanese
word: 誤り
roman: ayamari
lang: Khmer
word: ទោស
roman: tooh
lang: Latgalian
word: klaida
lang: Latgalian
word: vaine
lang: Latin
word: culpa
lang: Latvian
word: kļuda
lang: Latvian
word: vaina
lang: Malay
word: salah
lang: Malayalam
word: പിഴവ്
roman: piḻavŭ
lang: Mansaka
word: sara
lang: Maranao
word: sala'
lang: Norwegian
word: skyld
lang: Persian
word: خطا
roman: xatâ
lang: Polish
word: błąd
lang: Polish
word: pomyłka
lang: Portuguese
word: culpa
lang: Romanian
word: vină
lang: Romanian
word: greșeală
lang: Romanian
word: culpă
lang: Russian
word: оши́бка
roman: ošíbka
lang: Russian
word: про́мах
roman: prómax
lang: Russian
word: просчёт
roman: prosčót
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cron
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: coire
lang: Sicilian
word: curpa
lang: Sikkimese
word: སྐྱོན
roman: skyon
lang: Slovak
word: chyba
lang: Spanish
word: culpa
lang: Swedish
word: skuld
lang: Tausug
word: sa
lang: Tetum
word: sala
lang: Tocharian B
word: nāki
lang: Turkish
word: hata
lang: Ukrainian
word: поми́лка
roman: pomýlka
lang: Ukrainian
word: по́милка
roman: pómylka
lang: Urdu
word: غلطی
roman: ġaltī
lang: Urdu
word: خطا
roman: xatā
lang: Zazaki
word: xeta (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: xırabin