"faute" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fot/ Audio: Fr-faute.ogg Forms: fautes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Compare Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese falta. Doublet of faillite. Compare English fault and Spanish falta (“lack, shortage”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|faute|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French faute, {{inh+|fr|fro|faute}} Inherited from Old French faute, {{inh|fr|VL.|*fallita}} Vulgar Latin *fallita, {{m|la||*fallitus}} *fallitus, {{inh|fr|la|falsus}} Latin falsus, {{m|la|fallō}} fallō, {{cog|ca,es,pt|falta}} Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese falta, {{doublet|fr|faillite}} Doublet of faillite, {{cog|en|fault}} English fault, {{cog|es|falta||lack, shortage}} Spanish falta (“lack, shortage”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} faute f (plural fautes)
  1. error, mistake Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-faute-fr-noun-3y4y1QRS
  2. fault, blame Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-faute-fr-noun-eFN7c4G1
  3. (law) wrong, misdemeanor Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-faute-fr-noun-AMgnML~m Topics: law
  4. (sports) foul, fault (infraction of the rules) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-faute-fr-noun-beNGhB1Z Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 24 10 47 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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          "text": "c’est toujours la faute aux autres",
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          "english": "he laid/put the blame on his boss",
          "text": "il rejette la faute sur son patron",
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