faïence, n.f., crockery; earthenware; crockery-ware; faïence; delft-ware. — anglaise; blue, yellow, crockery-ware; earthenware. — fine; china.
faïencé, -e, adj., cracked. V. fêlé —, n.m., imitation ware.
faïencerie (fa-ian-srî), n.f., crockery-ware factory; earthenware factory; crockery-ware.
faïenci-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., dealer in crockery-ware, crockery-ware man or woman.
*faille, n.f., (geol.) out-throw, excavation; fault, Flemish gros grain silk; female head-dress used in Flanders.
*failli, n.m., -e, n.f., bankrupt; insolvent.
*faillibilité, n.f., liability to err, fallibility.
*faillible, adj., liable to err, fallible.
*faillir, v.n., to err, to miss; to fail; to trespass; to transgress; to mistake, to be mistaken; to be extinct; to be on the point of, to be well nigh; to be near, on the point of; to be a bankrupt. Il a failli; he missed his aim. Les plus doctes sont sujets à —; the most learned are liable to be mistaken. Jouer à coup faillant; to take the place of him who misses. Le cœur me faut; I am ready to faint. J’irai sans —; I will go without fail. Il a failli tomber; he was near falling. Il s’en faut beaucoup, il s’en faut de beaucoup; very far from it; a long way out. Peu s’en faut; very near. Tant s’en faut; far from it. V. falloir.
*faillite, n.f., bankruptcy, failure, insolvency. Être en —; to be a bankrupt. Faire —; to fail, to become bankrupt. Actif d’une —; assets in a bankruptcy. — frauduleuse; fraudulent bankruptcy. Syndicat de —; commission in bankruptcy. Déclaration de —; declaration of insolvency.