failliet
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French faillite, from Italian fallito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faːˈjit/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fail‧liet
- Rhymes: -it
Adjective
failliet (comparative faillieter, superlative faillietst)
Declension
| Declension 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
failliet n (plural faillieten)
- (chiefly Belgium) bankruptcy
- (figurative) bankruptcy, failure
Synonyms
Descendants
Noun
failliet m (plural faillieten)
- bankrupt person