failli
See also: faillí
French
Pronunciation
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Participle
failli (feminine faillie, masculine plural faillis, feminine plural faillies)
- past participle of faillir
Noun
failli m (plural faillis)
- (law) bankrupt; insolvent.
- 1799, Constitution de la République française, Saint-Lô: Chez P. F. Gomont, page 2:
- L’exercice des droits de citoyen français est suspendu par l’état […] d’un failli […]
- The exercise of the rights of French citizen[ship] is suspended by the state […] of [being] an insolvent […]
Adjective
failli (feminine faillie, masculine plural faillis, feminine plural faillies)
- (law) bankrupt; insolvent.
- 1799, Constitution de la République française, Saint-Lô: Chez P. F. Gomont, page 2:
- L’exercice des droits de citoyen français est suspendu par l’état de débiteur failli […]
- The exercise of the rights of French citizen[ship] is suspended by the state of [being an] insolvent debtor […]
Further reading
- “failli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology
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Antonyms
- rêussi (“to succeed”)
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