LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

fallīre

*fallīre

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionfail

Origins

Reassignment of Classical Latin fallere (“to deceive”) to the fourth conjugation.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesefalirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese falir
  • Portuguesefalecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese falir
  • Spanishfallirfrom Old Spanish fallir
  • Spanishfallecerfrom Old Spanish fallir
  • Galicianfalirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese falir
  • Galicianfalecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese falir
  • Aragonesefallir
  • Aragonesefallexer
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanfallir
  • Occitanfalir
  • Occitanfalhir
  • Franco-Provençalfalyir
  • Old Frenchfalir, faillir
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianfaddirefrom Old Sardinian fallire
  • Sardinianfaddirifrom Old Sardinian fallire
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianfallire
  • Germanfallierenfrom Italian fallire
  • Maltesefallafrom Italian fallire
  • Sicilianfallirifrom Italian fallire
  • Dalmatianfallir
Gallo-Italic
  • Old Lombardfallir

Quick answers

What does fallīre mean in Latin?
fallīre, a verb, means “fail”.