How to pronounce fault
American English pronunciation
FAWLT
- IPA
- /ˈfɔlt/
- Syllables
- FAWLT (1 syllable)
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What fault means
Most people know fault in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A crack in the earth's crust where rock shifts
In a sentence: Scientists put sensors along the fault to measure how the rocks move.
Where it comes from: It comes through Old French from the Latin word fallere, meaning to deceive or fail. It is related to fail and false.
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