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faire

Pronunciation: /fɛʁ/

“faire” is a French word. Its 14 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to do
  2. to make
  3. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal or device)
  4. to make (cause someone or something to do something)
  5. to act like (something)
  6. to be (of the weather or various situations)
  7. to do, to make (oneself)
  8. to be, to get (used for a passive action)
  9. to ripen (of fruit), to mature
  10. to become used to, to get used to
  11. to do (to have sex with)
  12. to defecate; (metaphorically) to soil oneself, to poop one's pants (to be terrified)
  13. to become, to get
  14. to set a price, put a price tag (on), sell

In French

  1. Créer, produire, fabriquer, en parlant de toute œuvre matérielle.
  2. Préparer un repas, le cuisiner.
  3. Élaborer, en parlant des œuvres de l’intelligence et de l’imagination.
  4. Opérer, effectuer, exécuter, accomplir, réaliser, que ce soit d’ordre physique ou d’ordre moral.
  5. Dire.
  6. Générer son bruit, son cri typique, en parlant d'un animal, d'un appareil, etc.
  7. Accorder.
  8. Provoquer.
  9. Pratiquer.
  10. Dérober; faire les poches.
  11. Avoir dans son domaine professionnel.
  12. Se mouvoir dans un déplacement d’un lieu à un autre.

Etymology

From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin facere. The past historic and imperfect subjunctive stem fi- (fis, fis, fit...) originated in the Latin form fēcī, with metaphony (*/ˈfed͡zi/ > */ˈfit͡s/).

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