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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːlt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɒlt/
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• General-American: /fɔlt/
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• cot-caught-merger: /fɑlt/
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• Canada: [fɒːlt]
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• rhymes with -ɔːlt
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• rhymes with -ɒlt
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 L T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

292 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ) — culpability; responsibility
• Azerbaijani: təqsir — culpability; responsibility
• Azerbaijani: günah — culpability; responsibility
• Bashkir: ғәйеп (ğəyep) — culpability; responsibility
• Basque: erru — culpability; responsibility
• Belarusian: віна́ (viná) — culpability; responsibility
• Bengali: তকসির (tôksir) — culpability; responsibility
• Bulgarian: вина́ (viná) — culpability; responsibility
• Catalan: culpa — culpability; responsibility
• Chinese Mandarin: 錯 /错 (cuò) — culpability; responsibility
• Czech: vina — culpability; responsibility
• Esperanto: kulpo — culpability; responsibility
• Estonian: süü — culpability; responsibility
• Estonian: viga — culpability; responsibility
• Finnish: syy — culpability; responsibility
• Finnish: syyllisyys — culpability; responsibility
• French: faute — culpability; responsibility
• German: Schuld — culpability; responsibility
• Hebrew: אַשְׁמָה (ashmá) — culpability; responsibility
• Hindi: क़सूर (qasūr) — culpability; responsibility
• Hungarian: felelősség — culpability; responsibility
• Irish: milleán — culpability; responsibility
• Italian: colpa — culpability; responsibility
• Italian: biasimo — culpability; responsibility
• Japanese: せい (sei) — culpability; responsibility
• Khmer: ទោស (tooh) — culpability; responsibility
• Korean: 잘못 (jalmot) — culpability; responsibility
• Latin: culpa — culpability; responsibility
• Macedonian: вина (vina) — culpability; responsibility
• Malayalam: കുറ്റം (kuṟṟaṁ) — culpability; responsibility
• Persian: تقصیر (taqsir) — culpability; responsibility
• Polish: wina — culpability; responsibility
• Russian: вина́ (viná) — culpability; responsibility
• Slovak: vina — culpability; responsibility
• Spanish: culpa — culpability; responsibility
• Tajik: тақсир (taqsir) — culpability; responsibility
• Thai: ความผิด (kwaam-pìt) — culpability; responsibility
• Ottoman Turkish: صوچ (suç) — culpability; responsibility
• Ottoman Turkish: ذنب (zenb) — culpability; responsibility
• Ukrainian: вина́ (vyná) — culpability; responsibility
• Urdu: قصور (qasūr) — culpability; responsibility
• Zazaki: qısur — culpability; responsibility
• Zazaki: guna — culpability; responsibility
• Albanian: gabim — defect
• Albanian: faj — defect
• Arabic: خَلَل (ḵalal) — defect
• Arabic: عَيْب (ʕayb) — defect
• Arabic: عَوَار (ʕawār) — defect
• Belarusian: дэфе́кт (defjékt) — defect
• Belarusian: га́на (hána) — defect
• Bengali: দোষ (dōś) — defect
• Bengali: ত্রুটি (truṭi) — defect
• Bhojpuri: दोष (dōṣ) — defect
• Bulgarian: дефе́кт (defékt) — defect
• Bulgarian: недоста́тък (nedostátǎk) — defect
• Catalan: errada — defect
• Catalan: culpa — defect
• Catalan: defecte — defect
• Catalan: error — defect
• Chinese Mandarin: 毛病 (máobing, máobìng) — defect
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺點 /缺点 (quēdiǎn) — defect
• Ngazidja Comorian: kosa — defect
• Czech: chyba — defect
• Esperanto: eraro — defect
• Estonian: viga — defect
• Finnish: puute — defect
• Finnish: virhe — defect
• Finnish: vika — defect
• Finnish: epäkohta — defect
• French: défaut — defect
• Georgian: წუნი (c̣uni) — defect
• Georgian: ნაკლი (naḳli) — defect
• German: Fehler — defect
• Hebrew: פָּגַם (pgam) — defect
• Hindi: खोट (khoṭ) — defect
• Hindi: दोष (doṣ) — defect
• Hungarian: hiba — defect
• Hungarian: hiányosság — defect
• Hungarian: fogyatékosság — defect
• Italian: colpa — defect
• Italian: imperfezione — defect
• Japanese: 欠点 (ketten) — defect
• Japanese: 欠陥 (kekkan) — defect
• Korean: 결함 (gyeolham) — defect
• Latin: vitium — defect
• Latin: culpa — defect
• Malayalam: പിഴവ് (piḻavŭ) — defect
• Maranao: daway — defect
• Persian: عیب ('eyb) — defect
• Persian: عوار ('avâr) — defect
• Persian: نقص (naqs) — defect
• Polish: wada — defect
• Polish: defekt — defect
• Portuguese: defeito — defect
• Portuguese: falha — defect
• Romanian: hibă — defect
• Russian: дефе́кт (defékt) — defect
• Russian: изъя́н (izʺján) — defect
• Russian: оши́бка (ošíbka) — defect
• Sanskrit: दोष (doṣa) — defect
• Sanskrit: अगुण (aguṇa) — defect
• Scottish Gaelic: cron — defect
• Serbo-Croatian: грешка — defect
• Serbo-Croatian: грјешка — defect
• Serbo-Croatian: мана — defect
• Serbo-Croatian: кривња — defect
• Serbo-Croatian: greška — defect
• Serbo-Croatian: grješka — defect
• Serbo-Croatian: mana — defect
• Serbo-Croatian: krivnja — defect
• Slovak: chyba — defect
• Slovene: hiba — defect
• Spanish: defecto — defect
• Spanish: falla — defect
• Swedish: fel — defect
• Swedish: brist — defect
• Telugu: తప్పిదం (tappidaṁ) — defect
• Thai: ข้อบกพร่อง — defect
• Thai: จุดบกพร่อง (jùt-bòk-prɔ̂ng) — defect
• Turkish: yanlış — defect
• Ottoman Turkish: ردت (reddet) — defect
• Ukrainian: ґандж (gandž) — defect
• Ukrainian: дефе́кт (defékt) — defect
• Ukrainian: ва́да (váda) — defect
• Uzbek: min — defect
• Welsh: bai — defect
• Zazaki: xırab — defect
• Zazaki: eyb — defect
• Bengali: দুর্বলতা (durbolota) — failing of character
• Finnish: puute — failing of character
• Finnish: heikkous — failing of character
• German: Fehler — failing of character
• German: Charakterschwäche — failing of character
• Hungarian: gyengeség — failing of character
• Hungarian: hiba — failing of character
• Malayalam: പിഴവ് (piḻavŭ) — failing of character
• Arabic: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ) — mistake or error
• Arabic: غَلْطَة (ḡalṭa) — mistake or error
• Arabic: زمب — mistake or error
• Azerbaijani: səhv — mistake or error
• Azerbaijani: yanlış — mistake or error
• Azerbaijani: yanlışlıq — mistake or error
• Azerbaijani: iştibah — mistake or error
• Bashkir: хата (xata) — mistake or error
• Basque: huts — mistake or error
• Belarusian: памы́лка (pamýlka) — mistake or error
• Bengali: ভুল (bhul) — mistake or error
• Bengali: গলতি (gôlti) — mistake or error
• Bengali: খাতা (khata) — mistake or error
• Bulgarian: гре́шка (gréška) — mistake or error
• Catalan: error — mistake or error
• Catalan: errada — mistake or error
• Chinese Mandarin: 錯誤 /错误 (cuòwù) — mistake or error
• Czech: chyba — mistake or error
• Dutch: fout — mistake or error
• Estonian: viga — mistake or error
• Finnish: virhe — mistake or error
• Finnish: vika — mistake or error
• Finnish: moka — mistake or error
• French: faute — mistake or error
• Georgian: შეცდომა (šecdoma) — mistake or error
• Georgian: ცდომილება (cdomileba) — mistake or error
• German: Schuld — mistake or error
• Greek: φταίξιμο (ftaíximo) — mistake or error
• Hebrew: טָעוּת (taút) — mistake or error
• Hebrew: משגה (mishgé) — mistake or error
• Hindi: ग़लती (ġaltī) — mistake or error
• Hindi: क़सूर (qasūr) — mistake or error
• Hungarian: hiba — mistake or error
• Hungarian: mulasztás — mistake or error
• Italian: colpa — mistake or error
• Japanese: せい (sei) — mistake or error
• Japanese: 誤り (ayamari) — mistake or error
• Khmer: ទោស (tooh) — mistake or error
• Latgalian: klaida — mistake or error
• Latgalian: vaine — mistake or error
• Latin: culpa — mistake or error
• Latvian: kļuda — mistake or error
• Latvian: vaina — mistake or error
• Malay: salah — mistake or error
• Malayalam: പിഴവ് (piḻavŭ) — mistake or error
• Mansaka: sara — mistake or error
• Maranao: sala' — mistake or error
• Norwegian: skyld — mistake or error
• Persian: خطا (xatâ) — mistake or error
• Polish: błąd — mistake or error
• Polish: pomyłka — mistake or error
• Portuguese: culpa — mistake or error
• Romanian: vină — mistake or error
• Romanian: greșeală — mistake or error
• Romanian: culpă — mistake or error
• Russian: оши́бка (ošíbka) — mistake or error
• Russian: про́мах (prómax) — mistake or error
• Russian: просчёт (prosčót) — mistake or error
• Scottish Gaelic: cron — mistake or error
• Scottish Gaelic: coire — mistake or error
• Sicilian: curpa — mistake or error
• Sikkimese: སྐྱོན (skyon) — mistake or error
• Slovak: chyba — mistake or error
• Spanish: culpa — mistake or error
• Swedish: skuld — mistake or error
• Tausug: sa — mistake or error
• Tetum: sala — mistake or error
• Tocharian B: nāki — mistake or error
• Turkish: hata — mistake or error
• Ukrainian: поми́лка (pomýlka) — mistake or error
• Ukrainian: по́милка (pómylka) — mistake or error
• Urdu: غلطی (ġaltī) — mistake or error
• Urdu: خطا (xatā) — mistake or error
• Zazaki: xeta (diq) — mistake or error
• Zazaki: xırabin — mistake or error
• Bengali: তকসির (tôksir) — minor offense
• Bulgarian: простъ́пка (prostǎ́pka) — minor offense
• Catalan: falta — minor offense
• Finnish: rike — minor offense
• German: Verfehlung — minor offense
• Hebrew: כָּשַׁל (késhel) — minor offense
• Hebrew: עֲבֵרָה (averá) — minor offense
• Hungarian: vétség — minor offense
• Hungarian: szabálytalanság — minor offense
• Hungarian: szabálysértés — minor offense
• Italian: sbaglio — minor offense
• Malayalam: കുറ്റം (kuṟṟaṁ) — minor offense
• Russian: просту́пок (prostúpok) — minor offense
• Catalan: falta — tennis: illegal serve
• Finnish: väärä — tennis: illegal serve
• Finnish: väärä syöttö — tennis: illegal serve
• German: Fehler — tennis: illegal serve
• Hungarian: szervahiba — tennis: illegal serve
• Spanish: falta — tennis: illegal serve
• Arabic: صَدْع (ṣadʕ) — geology: fracture
• Arabic: فَالِق (fāliq) — geology: fracture
• Azerbaijani: qırılma — geology: fracture
• Bengali: ফাটল (phaṭôl) — geology: fracture
• Bengali: চ্যুতি (cuti) — geology: fracture
• Catalan: falla — geology: fracture
• Chinese Mandarin: 斷層 /断层 (duàncéng) — geology: fracture
• Czech: zlom — geology: fracture
• Danish: forkastning — geology: fracture
• Dutch: breuk — geology: fracture
• Dutch: breuklijn — geology: fracture
• Finnish: siirros — geology: fracture
• French: faille — geology: fracture
• French: faute — geology: fracture
• German: Bruchlinie — geology: fracture
• German: Verwerfung — geology: fracture
• Hungarian: vetődés — geology: fracture
• Hungarian: törés — geology: fracture
• Hungarian: rétegelmozdulás — geology: fracture
• Indonesian: patahan — geology: fracture
• Indonesian: sesar — geology: fracture
• Irish: éasc — geology: fracture
• Italian: fessura — geology: fracture
• Italian: crepa — geology: fracture
• Italian: frattura — geology: fracture
• Italian: faglia — geology: fracture
• Japanese: 断層 (dansō) — geology: fracture
• Korean: 단층 (Dancheung) — geology: fracture
• Korean: 땅끊임 (Ttangkkeunim) — geology: fracture
• Latin: culpa — geology: fracture
• Malay: sesar — geology: fracture
• Malay: sesaran — geology: fracture
• Malay: gelinciran — geology: fracture
• Māori: hapa — geology: fracture
• Norwegian: forkastning — geology: fracture
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forkasting — geology: fracture
• Iranian Persian: گُسَل (gosal) — geology: fracture
• Polish: uskok — geology: fracture
• Portuguese: falha — geology: fracture
• Russian: разло́м (razlóm) — geology: fracture
• Serbo-Croatian: расјед — geology: fracture
• Serbo-Croatian: rasjed — geology: fracture
• Spanish: falla — geology: fracture
• Swedish: förkastning — geology: fracture
• Turkish: fay — geology: fracture
• Welsh: ffawt — geology: fracture
• Zazaki: xırıx — geology: fracture
• Finnish: vika — technology: abnormal connection
• Finnish: sulku — technology: abnormal connection
• Finnish: oikosulku — technology: abnormal connection
• Finnish: maasulku — technology: abnormal connection
• German: Kurzschluss — technology: abnormal connection
• German: Brücke — technology: abnormal connection
• Finnish: hukattu vainu — hunting: loss of scent
• German: Berge — mining: interrupted seam
• German: Zwischenmittel — mining: interrupted seam
• Dutch: beschuldigen — to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone
• Dutch: kwalijk nemen — to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone
• Dutch: euvel duiden — to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone
• Malayalam: കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തുക (kuṟṟappeṭuttuka) — to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone
• German: fehlen — to commit a mistake or error
• German: sündigen — to commit a mistake or error