failli
French, noun/fa.ji/
failli is spelled F-A-I-L-L-I (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Failli is a French masculine noun meaning “bankrupt; insolvent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of faillir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui a fait faillite”.
What does failli mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebankrupt; insolvent.
adjective
- 1
bankrupt; insolvent.
verb
- 1
past participle of faillir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d'un chevron, d'une bande, d'une fasce, d'un pal, d'un meuble quelconque, dont la longueur ou la largeur se trouve interrompue par un vide parfaitement carré ou le séparant en deux. 2. Sacré, maudit.
noun: 1. Personne qui a fait faillite.
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 failli
- faillis plural
- faillie feminine
- faillies feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce failli?
- /fa.ji/
- \fa.ji\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to failli
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is failli in French?
failli 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).