Polyglot Dictionary

défaut

/defo/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
défauts

Meaning

  1. defect, flaw

    • Le produit avait un défaut de fabrication.

      The product had a manufacturing defect.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

faille

Close — on the sense of "flaw."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

defecto

defecto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "defect, flaw."

Portuguese

defeito

defeito is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "defect, flaw."

Practice

1 What does défaut mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le produit avait un ___ de fabrication.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches défaut?

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