faire

French

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to do
  • (transitive) to make
  • (transitive) to say of a person, to go of an animal
  • (transitive) to make cause someone or something to do something
  • (impersonal) To be of the weather or various situations.
  • (reflexive) to do, to make (oneself)
  • (reflexive) to be, to get used for a passive action
  • (reflexive) to ripen of fruit, to mature , etc.
  • (reflexive) to become used to, to get used to
  • (slang) to do to have sex with
  • (reflexive) to become, to get

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French faire inherited from Old French faire inherited from Latin facere (do, make) inherited from Proto-Italic *fakiō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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