faiblesse
French, noun/fɛ.blɛs/
faiblesse is spelled F-A-I-B-L-E-S-S-E (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faiblesse is a French feminine noun meaning “weakness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui est faible”.
What does faiblesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweakness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de ce qui est faible. 2. Manque de force ou de vigueur. 3. Manque d’intelligence. 4. Défaillance ; évanouissement ; syncope.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of faiblesse
- faiblesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faiblesse?
- /fɛ.blɛs/
- /fe.blɛs/
- \fɛ.blɛs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faiblesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faiblesse in French?
faiblesse appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).