faire

faire

1. Obsolete spelling of fair

faire (plural faires)

1. Obsolete spelling of fair

Sometimes used deliberately to convey an archaic feeling, e.g. "Renaissance faire"

• Arfie, Feria, Freia, afire, feria, rafie

From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, feire, fere, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō, from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ/

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• Homophones: fer, fers

faire

1. (transitive) to do

   Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? ― What are you doing?

   Faire la vaisselle. ― To do the washing-up.

2. (transitive) to make

   Faire une erreur. ― To make a mistake.

3. (transitive) to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)

   "Je t'aime," fit-il. ― "I love you," he said.

   Le chat fait "miaou". ― The cat goes "meow".

4. (transitive) to make (cause someone or something to do something)

   Tu me fais rire. ― You make me laugh.

   La chanson me fait pleurer. ― The song makes me cry.

5. (impersonal) To be (of the weather or various situations).

   Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors.

   It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside.

   Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons.

   We have known each other for ten years.

6. (reflexive) to do, to make (oneself)

   Elle se fait les ongles. ― She is doing her nails.

7. (reflexive, followed by an infinitive) to be, to get (used for a passive action)

   Se faire piquer. ― To be stung.

   Je me suis fait avoir. ― I got screwed.

8. (reflexive) to ripen (of fruit), to mature (, etc.)
9. (reflexive, ~ à) to become used to, to get used to
10. (slang, reflexive, transitive) to do (to have sex with)
11. (reflexive) to become, to get

• When it is followed by an infinitive, the past participle fait is invariable.

  Elle s'est fait comprendre, not *elle s'est faite comprendre.

• “faire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• ferai, féria, fiera, fraie

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faire

1. inflection of fair:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

faire f (genitive singular faire)

1. verbal noun of fair

• túr faire (“watch-tower”)

faire

1. present subjunctive analytic of fair

• "faire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “faire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “faire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• fair

faire

1. fair; handsome; beautiful; attractive

• English: fair

• fayre
• feire
• fere

From Old French faire, feire, fere, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

faire

1. to do
2. to make
3. to choose; to elect
   • 15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 7, lines 8-9:

     entre tant que on fera un pappe nous pourrons bien aler en Venisse

     while they are electing a Pope, we could well go to Venice

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: faire

• faithe (Jersey)

From Old French faire, from Latin faciō, facere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

faire

1. (Guernsey) to make, do

• faire câod (“to be warm (out)”)

faire c (plural faires)

1. fire

• far
• fer
• (Gascon dialect) har

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

faire

1. to do
2. to make

• fere
• feire

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

faire

1. to do

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: faire

faire f (genitive singular faire, plural fairean)

1. watch (the act or period of watching or guarding)

• facal-faire
• faireil
• taigh-faire