1. Poids servant ŕ équilibrer. Faire la tare d'une balance.
2. Défectuosité.
3. Défaut. Une tare congénitale.
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); SYN. defect.
ETYM Latin defectus, from deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. Related to Fact, Feat, Deficit.
1. A failing or deficiency; SYN. shortcoming.
2. An imperfection in a bodily system.
3. An imperfection in a device or machine; SYN. fault, flaw.
ETYM Old Eng. flai, flaw flake; cf. Swed. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, Dutch vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and Eng. flag a flat stone.
1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or fabrication.
2. A defect; a fault.
3. A shortcoming, especially in moral character.
(Homonym: tear [in the sense of ripping]).
Empty container used as a counterbalance to obtain net weight.
(Familier)
1. Dégénéré.
2. Imbécile.
ETYM Latin corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. Related to Rupture.
1. Containing errors or alterations; SYN. corrupted.
2. Lacking in integrity.
3. Touched by rot or decay; SYN. tainted.
Harmed or injured or spoiled.