failliet

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French faillite, from Italian fallito.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /faːˈjit/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fail‧liet
  • Rhymes: -it

Adjective[edit]

failliet (comparative faillieter, superlative faillietst)

  1. bankrupt

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of failliet
uninflected failliet
inflected failliete
comparative faillieter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial failliet faillieter het faillietst
het faillietste
indefinite m./f. sing. failliete faillietere faillietste
n. sing. failliet faillieter faillietste
plural failliete faillietere faillietste
definite failliete faillietere faillietste
partitive failliets faillieters

Noun[edit]

failliet n (plural faillieten)

  1. (chiefly Belgium) bankruptcy
  2. (figurative) bankruptcy, failure

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Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: pailit
  • Papiamentu: fayit

Noun[edit]

failliet m (plural faillieten)

  1. bankrupt person

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