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• dĭfĕkt'
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• CMU ARPABET: D IY1 F EH0 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D IH0 F EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin facio Latin dēficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin dēfectusbor. English defect Borrowed from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“of, from”) + facere (“to do”).

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَلَل (ḵalal) — fault or malfunction
• Arabic: عَيْب (ʕayb) — fault or malfunction
• Arabic: عَوَار (ʕawār) — fault or malfunction
• Armenian: արատ (arat) — fault or malfunction
• Assamese: খুঁত (khũt) — fault or malfunction
• Azerbaijani: qüsur — fault or malfunction
• Azerbaijani: nöqsan — fault or malfunction
• Azerbaijani: naqislik — fault or malfunction
• Azerbaijani: kəsir — fault or malfunction
• Belarusian: дэфе́кт (defjékt) — fault or malfunction
• Belarusian: га́на (hána) — fault or malfunction
• Central Bikol: kakundian — fault or malfunction
• Bulgarian: недоста́тък (nedostátǎk) — fault or malfunction
• Bulgarian: повре́да (povréda) — fault or malfunction
• Bulgarian: дефе́кт (defékt) — fault or malfunction
• Catalan: defecte — fault or malfunction
• Chichewa: bala — fault or malfunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺點 /缺点 (quēdiǎn) — fault or malfunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 問題 /问题 (wèntí) — fault or malfunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺陷 (quēxiàn) — fault or malfunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 弱點 /弱点 (ruòdiǎn) — fault or malfunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 毛病 (máobing, máobìng) — fault or malfunction
• Czech: závada — fault or malfunction
• Czech: porucha — fault or malfunction
• Czech: vada — fault or malfunction
• Czech: defekt — fault or malfunction
• Dutch: gebrek — fault or malfunction
• Dutch: mankement — fault or malfunction
• Estonian: viga — fault or malfunction
• Estonian: defekt — fault or malfunction
• Finnish: vika — fault or malfunction
• French: défaut — fault or malfunction
• German: Fehler — fault or malfunction
• German: Defekt — fault or malfunction
• Greek: ελάττωμα (eláttoma) — fault or malfunction
• Ancient Greek: ἐλάττωμα (eláttōma) — fault or malfunction
• Hebrew: פגם (pgam) — fault or malfunction
• Hindi: दोष (doṣ) — fault or malfunction
• Hindi: खोट (khoṭ) — fault or malfunction
• Hungarian: hiányosság — fault or malfunction
• Hungarian: rendellenesség — fault or malfunction
• Hungarian: fogyatékosság — fault or malfunction
• Hungarian: hiány — fault or malfunction
• Hungarian: hiba — fault or malfunction
• Indonesian: cacat — fault or malfunction
• Ingrian: defekta — fault or malfunction
• Italian: difetto — fault or malfunction
• Japanese: 欠陥 (kekkan) — fault or malfunction
• Japanese: 欠点 (ketten) — fault or malfunction
• Kazakh: ақау (aqau) — fault or malfunction
• Korean: 결함 (gyeolham) — fault or malfunction
• Latin: vitium — fault or malfunction
• Latin: menda — fault or malfunction
• Macedonian: дефект (defekt) — fault or malfunction
• Māori: tōrōkiri — fault or malfunction
• Persian: عیب ('eyb) — fault or malfunction
• Persian: عوار ('avâr) — fault or malfunction
• Persian: نقص (naqs) — fault or malfunction
• Polish: wada — fault or malfunction
• Polish: defekt — fault or malfunction
• Polish: usterka — fault or malfunction
• Portuguese: defeito — fault or malfunction
• Russian: недоста́ток (nedostátok) — fault or malfunction
• Russian: дефе́кт (defékt) — fault or malfunction
• Russian: изъя́н (izʺján) — fault or malfunction
• Russian: брак (brak) — fault or malfunction
• Sanskrit: रपस् (rapas) — fault or malfunction
• Scottish Gaelic: cron — fault or malfunction
• Serbo-Croatian: defekt — fault or malfunction
• Serbo-Croatian: недостатак — fault or malfunction
• Serbo-Croatian: nedostatak — fault or malfunction
• Sikkimese: སྐྱོན (skyon) — fault or malfunction
• Slovak: vada — fault or malfunction
• Slovak: porucha — fault or malfunction
• Slovak: defekt — fault or malfunction
• Slovene: okvara — fault or malfunction
• Slovene: napaka — fault or malfunction
• Spanish: falla — fault or malfunction
• Spanish: tacha — fault or malfunction
• Spanish: defecto — fault or malfunction
• Spanish: desperfecto — fault or malfunction
• Swahili: kasoro — fault or malfunction
• Telugu: లోపం (lōpaṁ) — fault or malfunction
• Thai: ข้อบกพร่อง (bòk-prông) — fault or malfunction
• Turkish: eksik — fault or malfunction
• Turkish: kusur — fault or malfunction
• Turkish: hata — fault or malfunction
• Ottoman Turkish: ردت (reddet) — fault or malfunction
• Ukrainian: ґандж (gandž) — fault or malfunction
• Ukrainian: ва́да (váda) — fault or malfunction
• Ukrainian: дефе́кт (defékt) — fault or malfunction
• Ukrainian: хи́ба (xýba) — fault or malfunction
• Uzbek: nuqson — fault or malfunction
• Vietnamese: tật — fault or malfunction
• Vietnamese: lỗi — fault or malfunction
• Yiddish: חסרון (khisorn) — fault or malfunction
• Esperanto: manko — amount by which a thing falls short
• Bulgarian: дезерти́рам (dezertíram) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Chinese Mandarin: 變節 /变节 (biànjié) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Chinese Mandarin: 叛變 /叛变 (pànbiàn) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Dutch: overlopen — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Dutch: deserteren — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Esperanto: ribeli — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Finnish: loikata — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• French: déserter — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• French: passer à — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Georgian: განდგომა (gandgoma) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• German: überlaufen — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• German: sich zurückziehen — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• German: aussteigen — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• German: desertieren — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Greek: αυτομολώ (aftomoló) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Greek: αποσκιρτώ (aposkirtó) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Hebrew: ערק ('aráq) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Hungarian: elszakad — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Hungarian: cserbenhagy — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Hungarian: otthagy — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Hungarian: elhagy — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Indonesian: membelot — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Italian: defezionare — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Japanese: 変節する (hensetsu suru) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Korean: 변절하다 (byeonjeolhada) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Latin: dēscīscō — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Māori: whakarere — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Portuguese: trair — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Portuguese: desertar — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Russian: изменя́ть (izmenjátʹ) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Russian: дезерти́ровать (dezertírovatʹ) — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Serbo-Croatian: пребјећи — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Serbo-Croatian: prebjeći — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Spanish: desertar — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Spanish: pasarse — to abandon; to change one's loyalty
• Dutch: deserteren — to desert; to flee combat
• Finnish: karata rintamalta — to desert; to flee combat
• Finnish: karata — to desert; to flee combat
• Georgian: დეზერტირობა (dezerṭiroba) — to desert; to flee combat
• German: desertieren — to desert; to flee combat
• Hungarian: dezertál — to desert; to flee combat
• Hungarian: megszökik — to desert; to flee combat
• Italian: disertare — to desert; to flee combat
• Japanese: 脱走する (dassō suru) — to desert; to flee combat
• Russian: дезерти́ровать (dezertírovatʹ) — to desert; to flee combat
• Serbo-Croatian: dezertirati — to desert; to flee combat
• Slovene: dezertirati — to desert; to flee combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 投敵 /投敌 (toúdí) — to join the enemy
• Dutch: overlopen — to join the enemy
• Esperanto: transfuĝi — to join the enemy
• Finnish: loikata — to join the enemy
• German: überlaufen — to join the enemy
• Hungarian: átáll — to join the enemy
• Hungarian: átpártol — to join the enemy
• Japanese: 寝返る (negaeru) — to join the enemy
• Latin: transfugiō — to join the enemy
• Polish: dezerterować — to join the enemy
• Polish: zdezerterować — to join the enemy
• Russian: переходи́ть на сто́рону проти́вника (perexodítʹ na stóronu protívnika) — to join the enemy
• Serbo-Croatian: prebeći — to join the enemy
• Serbo-Croatian: prebjeći — to join the enemy
• Slovene: prebegniti — to join the enemy
• Dutch: asiel aanvragen — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Dutch: overlopen — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Finnish: loikata — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Finnish: paeta — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Hungarian: elszökik — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Hungarian: disszidál — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Indonesian: membelot — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Japanese: 亡命する (bōmei suru) — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Serbo-Croatian: izbeći — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Serbo-Croatian: izbjeći — to flee one's country and seek asylum
• Slovene: prebegniti — to flee one's country and seek asylum