"Fait" meaning in All languages combined

See Fait on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Faits [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * A variant of German Veit. * Borrowed from Czech or Polish Fait, both from the German surname. * Perhaps from an obsolete English personal name derived from Anglo-Norman afaitie (“accomplished, skillful”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Veit}} German Veit, {{bor|en|cs|-}} Czech, {{bor|en|pl|Fait}} Polish Fait, {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|xno|afaitie||accomplished, skillful}} Anglo-Norman afaitie (“accomplished, skillful”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Fait (plural Faits)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Fait-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English surnames

Inflected forms

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