"faible" meaning in French

See faible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɛbl/ Audio: Fr-faible.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: faibles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛbl Etymology: Inherited from Middle French foible, from Old French feble, foible, from Vulgar Latin *febilis, dissimilated form of Latin flēbilis. Doublet of flébile, a borrowing. Compare English feeble. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|foible|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French foible, {{inh+|fr|frm|foible}} Inherited from Middle French foible, {{inh|fr|fro|feble}} Old French feble, {{m|fro|foible}} foible, {{inh|fr|VL.||*febilis}} Vulgar Latin *febilis, {{der|fr|la|flēbilis}} Latin flēbilis, {{doublet|fr|flébile}} Doublet of flébile, {{cog|en|feeble}} English feeble Head templates: {{fr-adj}} faible (plural faibles)
  1. weak
    Sense id: en-faible-fr-adj-SBukAZyd
  2. lacking endurance
    Sense id: en-faible-fr-adj--Qv~im5h Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 37 37 19
  3. low, small (amount, degree, percentage)
    Sense id: en-faible-fr-adj-KxDA14F0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 37 37 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faible d’esprit, interaction faible, interaction nucléaire faible, maillon faible, point faible, sexe faible

Noun

IPA: /fɛbl/ Audio: Fr-faible.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: faibles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛbl Etymology: Inherited from Middle French foible, from Old French feble, foible, from Vulgar Latin *febilis, dissimilated form of Latin flēbilis. Doublet of flébile, a borrowing. Compare English feeble. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|foible|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French foible, {{inh+|fr|frm|foible}} Inherited from Middle French foible, {{inh|fr|fro|feble}} Old French feble, {{m|fro|foible}} foible, {{inh|fr|VL.||*febilis}} Vulgar Latin *febilis, {{der|fr|la|flēbilis}} Latin flēbilis, {{doublet|fr|flébile}} Doublet of flébile, {{cog|en|feeble}} English feeble Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} faible m (plural faibles)
  1. weakness, soft spot (for someone/something) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-faible-fr-noun--I34YnRV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 37 37 19

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for faible meaning in French (5.3kB)

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