"faire" meaning in Middle French

See faire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], faire [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], faisant [gerund, participle, present]
Etymology: From Old French faire, feire, fere, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|faire}} Old French faire, {{m|fro|feire}} feire, {{m|fro|fere}} fere, {{inh|frm|la|facere}} Latin facere, {{m|la|faciō}} faciō Head templates: {{head|frm|verb}} faire
  1. to do
    Sense id: en-faire-frm-verb-IXZV9I3e
  2. to make
    Sense id: en-faire-frm-verb-akNDa9RO
  3. to choose; to elect
    Sense id: en-faire-frm-verb-qUIFzy85 Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fayre, feire, fere

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for faire meaning in Middle French (2.2kB)

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