fait

See also: Fait and faît

English

Noun

fait

  1. Misspelling of fate.

Anagrams

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fait, from Old French fet, from Latin factum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛ/
  • IPA(key): /fɛt/ (alternatively for the noun)
    • Audio; en fait:(file)
    • Homophones: faite, faites, faits (general), faîte, faîtes, fête, fêtent, fêtes (except regionally)

Noun

fait m (plural faits)

  1. fact

Derived terms

Verb

fait

  1. third-person singular present indicative of faire

Participle

fait (feminine faite, masculine plural faits, feminine plural faites)

  1. past participle of faire

Derived terms

Adjective

fait (feminine faite, masculine plural faits, feminine plural faites)

  1. done
  2. cut out
    Je ne suis vraiment pas fait pour l'escalade.
    I'm not really cut out for climbing.
  3. mature or ripe
  4. (slang) drunk

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Verb

fait m (feminine singular faite, masculine plural fais, feminine plural faites)

  1. past participle of faire; alternative form of faict

Noun

fait m (plural fais)

  1. alternative form of faict

Welsh

Verb

fait

  1. soft mutation of bait

Mutation

Mutated forms of bait
radical soft nasal aspirate
bait fait mait unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.