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faiblesse

weakness

noun feh-BLEHS Less Common

Also means

faintness, flaw

Usage Note

Faiblesse can describe physical faintness (une faiblesse = a dizzy spell), a moral weakness, or a fondness: avoir une faiblesse pour le chocolat means to have a weakness for chocolate. The related adjective faible means 'weak', and faiblir is the verb 'to weaken'.

Examples

"Sa faiblesse principale est l'impatience."

Natural Translation

His main weakness is impatience.

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