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la faute
fault
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How do you say faute in French?
How do you pronounce faute in French?
faute is pronounced /la fot/ in French.
Example sentences
La faute grave qu'il a commise l'a rendu célèbre.
The serious mistake that he committed made him famous.
C'était entièrement sa faute, et elle l'a reconnu immédiatement.
It was entirely her fault, and she acknowledged it immediately.
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Why is it feminine?
Faute is feminine because it derives from the Latin "fallita" (feminine past participle of "fallere," meaning to fail or deceive), which naturally carried feminine gender into Old French and Modern French. Like many French nouns ending in "-te" derived from Latin feminine forms, it retained this grammatical gender.
What is the French word for fault?
The French word for fault is la faute — feminine.
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