faire.
to do
Meaning & usage
to do
faire la vaisselle
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ?
to make
faire une erreur
faire un voyage
to say (of a person), to go (of an animal or device)
"Je t'aime," fit-il.
Le chat fait "miaou".
to make (cause someone or something to do something)
Tu me fais rire.
La chanson me fait pleurer.
to act like (something)
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi.
to be (of the weather or various situations)
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors.
Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons.
to do, to make (oneself)
Elle se fait les ongles.
to be, to get (used for a passive action)
se faire piquer
Je me suis fait avoir.
to ripen (of fruit), to mature
to become used to, to get used to
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait.
to do (to have sex with)
to defecate; (metaphorically) to soil oneself, to poop one's pants (to be terrified)
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon.
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte.
to become, to get
to set a price, put a price tag (on), sell
Et à combien le feriez vous ce plumeau?
Where this word comes from
From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin facere. The past historic and imperfect subjunctive stem fi- (fis, fis, fit...) originated in the Latin form fēcī, with metaphony (*/ˈfed͡zi/ > */ˈfit͡s/).
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