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Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /dɛːˈfau̯t(ə)/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French defaute. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|defaute}} Borrowed from Old French defaute Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} defaute, {{enm-noun}} defaute (plural defautes) Forms: defautes [plural], defaut [alternative], defawt [alternative], defauȝte [alternative], defauȝt [alternative], defaulte [alternative], default [alternative], defalte [alternative], defalt [alternative], diffaute [alternative], diffaught [alternative]
  1. lack, absence
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun---u7YucF
  2. failure to do something
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-5RCuuqt6
  3. absence, failure to appear somewhere, especially (law) failure to appear in court Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-0wvanF6D Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 5 21 16 8 3 4 1 24 3 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 3 23 18 6 4 4 1 26 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 27 21 4 2 2 1 31 2 2 2
  4. lieu, stead, place
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-fJXt3h~U Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 5 21 16 8 3 4 1 24 3 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 3 23 18 6 4 4 1 26 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 27 21 4 2 2 1 31 2 2 2
  5. need, poverty
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-5rfALjfQ
  6. defect, blemish, flaw
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun--nsGbzJG
  7. mistake, error
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-iU3mXMQO
  8. crime, sin, wrong act
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-apojPwyN
  9. fault, guilt, culpability, responsibility for something bad
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-FIHmpPps Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 5 21 16 8 3 4 1 24 3 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 3 23 18 6 4 4 1 26 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 27 21 4 2 2 1 31 2 2 2
  10. eclipse (of the sun)
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-JKWdvgDs
  11. wane (of the moon)
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-cHSOVACI
  12. ebb (of the sea)
    Sense id: en-defaute-enm-noun-vjQdoQPq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: defauten, defautif, defautles, defauty

Noun [Old French]

Forms: defaute oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], defautes [oblique, plural], defaute [nominative, singular], defautes [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} defaute oblique singular, f (oblique plural defautes, nominative singular defaute, nominative plural defautes)
  1. lack; absence
    Sense id: en-defaute-fro-noun-FkCoPX6O Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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            "2": "defaute",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: defaute, defaut, defawt, defauȝte, defauȝt, defaulte, default, defalte, defalt, diffaute, diffaught\nEnglish: default",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: defaute, defaut, defawt, defauȝte, defauȝt, defaulte, default, defalte, defalt, diffaute, diffaught\nEnglish: default"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "defaute oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defautes",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defaute",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defautes",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "defaute oblique singular, f (oblique plural defautes, nominative singular defaute, nominative plural defautes)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French feminine nouns",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lack; absence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "absence",
          "absence"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "defaute"
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "defaute",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'defaute oblique singular or', originally 'defaute oblique singular or f'",
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  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'defaute oblique singular or' in 'defaute oblique singular, f (oblique plural defautes, nominative singular defaute, nominative plural defautes)'",
  "path": [
    "defaute"
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  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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