faillir

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verb

to almost do something
to fail
to go bankrupt

Forms

Present

I	faux
you	faux
he, she, it	faut
we	faillons
you (plural)	faillez
they	faillent

Imperfect

I	faillais
you	faillais
he, she, it	faillait
we	faillions
you (plural)	failliez
they	faillaient

Past historic

I	faillis
you	faillis
he, she, it	faillit
we	faillîmes
you (plural)	faillîtes
they	faillirent

Future

I	faudrai / faillirai
you	faudras / failliras
he, she, it	faudra / faillira
we	faudrons / faillirons
you (plural)	faudrez / faillirez
they	faudront / failliront

Conditional

I	faudrais / faillirais
you	faudrais / faillirais
he, she, it	faudrait / faillirait
we	faudrions / faillirions
you (plural)	faudriez / failliriez
they	faudraient / failliraient

Subjunctive

I	faille
you	failles
he, she, it	faille
we	faillions
you (plural)	failliez
they	faillent

More forms are in the app.

Used in the library

«Pauvre ange, que ce monstre de Gascon a failli tuer!»"Poor angel, that this Gascon monster almost killed!"B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
Dirigeons-nous vers cet échafaud où nous avons failli être brûlés vifs à notre arrivée.Let's head to this scaffold where we almost got burned alive when we arrived.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
A peine pouvait-on dire que la colonie existât, qu'une conspiration faillit de la détruire de fond en comble.It could hardly be said that the colony existed, that a conspiracy almost destroyed it from bottom to bottom.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
– Oui, Madame, répliqua Mornac, et nous avons même failli nous rompre le col ensemble."Yes, ma'am," replied Mornac, "and we almost even broke the collar together."B2Le Chevalier de Mornac

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