forfait

Dutch

Etymology

From French forfait.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits, diminutive forfaitje n)

  1. fixed amount, lumpsum
    Synonym: vast bedrag
  2. flat rate
    Synonym: vast tarief
  3. (taxation, Netherlands) a pre-determined tax amount
  4. (sports) elimination due to withdrawal
  5. (law, obsolete) crime
    Synonym: misdaad
  • forfaitair
  • à forfait

French

Etymology

From Old French forfait, past participle of forfaire, from for(t) (variant of Old French fuer, fur) and faire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔʁ.fɛ/
  • (file)

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

  1. crime, infamy
  2. (telephony) flat rate, fixed rate
  3. (tourism) a package, a pass
    un forfait ski
    a ski pass
  4. (sports) elimination due to withdrawal; default
    J’ai gagné par forfait
    I won by default

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: forfet
  • Italian: forfait

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French forfait.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /forˈfɛ/**, /forˈfe/**[1]
  • Rhymes: , -e

Noun

forfait m (invariable)

  1. lump sum, flat rate

References

  1. forfait, à in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French forfait.

Noun

forfait (plural forfaits)

  1. crime
  2. penalty

Descendants

References

Norman

Etymology

From Old French forfait (crime, offense).

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

  1. (Jersey) heinous crime

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

forfait oblique singular, m (oblique plural forfaiz or forfaitz, nominative singular forfaiz or forfaitz, nominative plural forfait)

  1. crime

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French forfait or English forfeit.

Noun

forfait n (plural forfait-uri)

  1. forfait

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

French forfait.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foɾˈfait/ [foɾˈfai̯t̪]
    • Rhymes: -ait
    • Syllabification: for‧fait
  • IPA(key): (nonstandard) /foɾˈfe/ [foɾˈfe]

Noun

forfait m (plural forfaits)

  1. ski pass
  2. flat rate, package price

Further reading

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