forfaire
French, verb/fɔʁ.fɛʁ/
forfaire is spelled F-O-R-F-A-I-R-E (8 letters). Forfaire is a French verb meaning “to forfeit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre confiscable”.
What does forfaire mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto forfeit
- 2
datedto act against one's duties as a public official
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre confiscable. 2. Agir contre le devoir. Commettre une faute grave dans l’exercice de fonctions publiques.
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 forfaire
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- forfaisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- forfait participle past
- forfais first-person indicative present
- forfaisons first-person indicative plural
- forfaites indicative plural present
- forfont indicative plural present
- forfaisais first-person imperfect indicative
- forfaisait imperfect indicative singular
- forfaisions first-person imperfect indicative
- forfaisiez imperfect indicative plural
- forfaisaient imperfect indicative plural
- forfis first-person historic indicative
- forfit historic indicative past
- forfîmes first-person historic indicative
- forfîtes historic indicative past
- forfirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forfaire?
- /fɔʁ.fɛʁ/
- \fɔʁ.fɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to forfaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.