faillissement

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier faillement, from Middle French faillement, from faillir (“to fail, go bankrupt”). The insertion of -iss- happened in Dutch as a hyperforeignism, and is not found in the French word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfaː.ji.səˈmɛnt/, /ˌfaː.jɪ.səˈmɛnt/
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  • Hyphenation: fail‧lis‧se‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

faillissement n (plural faillissementen, diminutive faillissementje n)

  1. (law) a bankruptcy
  2. (figuratively) the demise, the undoing of something or someone

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • faillissementsmisdrijf
  • faillissementswet
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