faiblesse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French feblesce. By surface analysis, faible +‎ -esse.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛ.blɛs/, /fe.blɛs/
Rhymes: -ɛs
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Noun

faiblesse f (plural faiblesses)

weakness
- 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎:
  Les géants du Web apparaissent comme les grands gagnants de ces faiblesses législatives et, désormais, de la censure de la loi Avia.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

→ Swedish: fäbless

Further reading

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

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