fout
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch faute, from Old French faute. The adjectival sense developed later, replacing older foutief.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑu̯t/
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- Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
Noun
fout f (plural fouten, diminutive foutje n)
- error, mistake
- Hij maakte een kleine fout in de berekening.
- He made a small error in the calculation.
- Ze realiseerden zich dat ze een foutje hadden gemaakt in hun planning.
- They realized they had made a mistake in their planning.
- fault, defect
- De monteur repareerde de auto en loste het foutje op.
- The mechanic fixed the car and corrected the fault.
- Er was een technische fout in het computersysteem waardoor het niet goed functioneerde.
- There was a technical defect in the computer system that caused it to malfunction.
- De fabrikant heeft de fout in het productieproces hersteld.
- The manufacturer corrected the fault in the production process.
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
fout (comparative fouter, superlative foutst)
- wrong
- (colloquial) unfashionable, cheesy, inappropriate
- (chiefly historical) active in or collaborating with far-right movements, especially Nazism
- De burgemeester van dit stadje was fout in de oorlog.
- The mayor of this town was a Nazi collaborator during the war.
Inflection
Inflection of fout | ||||
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uninflected | fout | |||
inflected | foute | |||
comparative | fouter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | fout | fouter | het foutst het foutste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | foute | foutere | foutste |
n. sing. | fout | fouter | foutste | |
plural | foute | foutere | foutste | |
definite | foute | foutere | foutste | |
partitive | fouts | fouters | — |
Descendants
- → Sranan Tongo: fowtu
French
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From French foutre (“to mock”), compare Haitian Creole fout.
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Luxembourgish
Verb
fout
- inflection of fouen:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Middle English
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English faute, from Anglo-Norman faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɸɔːt/
Noun
fout
- fault
- 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 108:
- An that was a fout,
- And that was a fault.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40
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