"faible" meaning in French

See faible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɛbl/ Audio: Fr-faible.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-faible.wav Forms: faibles [plural], foible [alternative]
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: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{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, {{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 Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  2. low, small (amount, degree, percentage)
    Sense id: en-faible-fr-adj-KxDA14F0 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 45 36 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 69 20 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faiblement

Noun

IPA: /fɛbl/ Audio: Fr-faible.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-faible.wav Forms: faibles [plural], foible [alternative]
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: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{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, {{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
  2. weakling, weak person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-faible-fr-noun-R39Wtmgp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 28 17 48

Inflected forms

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    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
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    },
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        "2": "la",
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      },
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "foible",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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              18
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          "english": "I have a soft spot for Schubert.",
          "text": "J'ai un faible pour Schubert.",
          "translation": "I have a soft spot for Schubert.",
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        }
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        }
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        "weakling, weak person"
      ],
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        [
          "weakling",
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          "person",
          "person"
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɛbl/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛbl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "faibles"
    }
  ],
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}

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