failli

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Participle[edit]

failli (feminine faillie, masculine plural faillis, feminine plural faillies)

  1. past participle of faillir

Noun[edit]

failli m (plural faillis)

  1. (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[edit]

failli (feminine faillie, masculine plural faillis, feminine plural faillies)

  1. (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 []

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Etymology[edit]

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Verb[edit]

failli

  1. (Jersey) to fail

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Adjective[edit]

failli m

  1. (Jersey) feeble