faible

• (Early Modern) foible

Inherited from Middle French foible, from Old French feble, foible, from Vulgar Latin *febilis, dissimilated form of Latin flēbilis. Doublet of flébile, a borrowing. Compare English feeble.

• IPA^(key): /fɛbl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbl
• Homophone: faibles

faible (plural faibles)

1. weak
2. lacking endurance
3. low, small (amount, degree, percentage)

• fort

faible m (plural faibles)

1. weakness, soft spot (for someone/something)

   J'ai un faible pour Schubert. ― I have a soft spot for Schubert.

• → German: Faible

• “faible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• fiable