fault
Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy eventCulpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
» She's always finding fault with me.
Sie hat immer etwas an mir auszusetzen.
Она постоянно ко мне придирается.
Вона завжди знаходить у мені якісь вади.
Meaning
14 sensesCulpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.
I told them the pie was still too hot. If they burn their tongues, that's their fault.
Schuld
вина́viná
вина́vyná
responsibility for a bad situation or event
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
Despite all her faults, she’s a good person at heart.
Fehler, Charakterschwäche
A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.
You're still young, that's your fault.
A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.
Cork taint is one of the most recognizable wine faults.
A mistake or error.
A minor offense.
Verfehlung
просту́покprostúpok
An illegal serve.
Fehler
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumping.
If the horse refuses an obstacle, the rider will receive four faults.
An exception within a software program or process.
A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
Bruchlinie, Verwerfung
разло́мrazlóm
An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.
Kurzschluss, Brücke
A loss of the scent being tracked by a hound.
An intrusion of another material, such as dirt or slate, within a coal seam.
Berge, Zwischenmittel
Examples
1098 sentencesShe's always finding fault with me.
Вона завжди знаходить у мені якісь вади.
ruОна постоянно ко мне придирается.
deSie hat immer etwas an mir auszusetzen.
Do you think it's my fault?
Гадаєш, це моя провина?
ruДумаешь, это из-за меня?
deDenkst du, es ist meine Schuld?
I swear it's not my fault.
Клянуся, це не моя провина.
ruКлянусь, это не моя вина.
This is our fault, isn't it?
Це наша провина, чи не так?
ruЭто ведь наша вина?
This isn't my fault, is it?
Це ж не моя провина?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from VulgarFrom Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse lǫstr (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.
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Forms
plural: faultsSynonyms
11 synonyms- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other:faultinggeological faultshiftfracturebreak
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection:demerit
- an imperfection in an object or machine:defectflaw
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention:mistakeerror
Word family
51 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- was my fault
- wasn't your fault
- wasn't his fault
- own fault
- finding fault with
- your own fault
- all my fault
- always finding fault
- finds fault with
- whose fault
- finding fault
- not my fault