"foible" meaning in All languages combined

See foible on Wiktionary

Adjective [Ancien français]

  1. Variante de feble. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: feble
    Sense id: fr-foible-fro-adj-AFflnl2c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Anglais]

Audio: En-us-foible.ogg , En-au-foible.ogg Forms: foibles [plural]
  1. Faiblesse (humaine).
    Sense id: fr-foible-en-noun-E~naLGAh Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Faible.
    Sense id: fr-foible-en-noun-kzsY66f7 Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de l’escrime Topics: fencing
  3. Bizarrerie, idiosyncrasie, excentricité ; manière de faire inhabituelle.
    Sense id: fr-foible-en-noun-zrHdiINE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: weakness

Adjective [Français]

IPA: \fɛbl\ Forms: foibles [plural, masculine, feminine]
  1. Ancienne orthographe de faible.
    Sense id: fr-foible-fr-adj-A~1tCj3Z Categories (other): Exemples en français, Français moderne d’avant 1835
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Adjective [Moyen français]

  1. Faible.
    Sense id: fr-foible-frm-adj-kzsY66f7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faible Related terms: affoiblir, foiblesse

Inflected forms

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