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feminine

/fɛ.blɛs/

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Translation

weakness, failing

Word origin

Formed from faible ('weak') with the noun suffix -esse. Faible itself comes from Latin flebilis ('to be wept over'), from flere ('to weep').

Origin: Latin
Root: flebilis
English cognates: feeble, foible

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralfaiblesses

Examples

, c' .

His one weakness is chocolate.

He knows every one of my weak spots.

That moment of weakness cost him his job.

' .

She came over faint and sat down.

The flaws in this plan are obvious.

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This word is part of lesson 51.