Defect

English

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Etymology

< Middle English defaicte < Latin defectus (“‘a failure, lack’”) < deficere (“‘to fail, lack, literally 'undo'’”), pp. defectus < de- (“‘priv.’”) + facere (“‘to do’”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: dē'fĕkt, IPA: /ˈdiːfɛkt/, SAMPA: /"di:fEkt/

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• (verb) enPR: dĭfĕkt', IPA: /dɪˈfɛkt/, SAMPA: /dI"fEkt/

Noun

Singular Defect

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1. A fault or malfunction.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:defect

Related terms

• deficiency
• deficient
• deficit
• defective

Translations

fault or malfunction

Armenian: արատ hy(hy) (arat) Bulgarian: недостатък bg(bg) m., повреда bg(bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 缺點 cmn(cmn), 缺点 cmn(cmn) (quēdiǎn), 問題 cmn(cmn), 问题 cmn(cmn) (wèntí), 缺陷 cmn(cmn) (quēxiàn), 弱點 cmn(cmn), 弱点 cmn(cmn) (ruòdiǎn) Czech: závada cs(cs) f. Finnish: vika fi(fi) French: defect fr(fr) m., défaut fr(fr) m. German: Fehler de(de) m., Defekt de(de) m. Greek: ελάττωμα el(el) (eláttoma) n. Hebrew: פגם he(he) (pgam) m.

Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Italian: difetto it(it) m. Japanese: 欠陥 ja(ja) (けっかん, kekkan) Polish: wada pl(pl) f. Portuguese: defeito pt(pt) m. Russian: недостаток ru(ru) (nedostátok) m., дефект ru(ru) (defékt) m. Scottish Gaelic: cron gd(gd) m. Spanish: falla es(es) f., tacha es(es) f. Telugu: లోపం te(te) (lōpam) Thai: บกพร่อง (bòk-prông) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

Infinitive to Defect

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to Defect (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty.

Derived terms

• defection
• defector

Translations

to abandon; to change one's loyalty

Bulgarian: дезертирам bg(bg) Dutch: overlopen nl(nl) German: überlaufen de(de) Greek: αυτομολώ el(el) (aftomoló), αποσκιρτώ el(el) (aposkirtó) Hebrew: ערק he(he) (`aráq)

Italian: defezionare it(it) Latin: dēscīscō la(la) Russian: изменять ru(ru) (izmenját’), дезертировать ru(ru) (dezertírovat’) Spanish: desertar es(es)

External links

• Defect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Defect in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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