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faillissement.

a bankruptcy

13 characters4 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌfaː.ji.səˈmɛnt//ˌfaː.jɪ.səˈmɛnt/
  1. a bankruptcy

    neuter
  2. the demise, the undoing of something or someone

    figuratively · neuter
Where this word comes from

From earlier faillement, from Middle French faillement, from faillir (“to fail, go bankrupt”). The insertion of -iss- happened in Dutch as a hyperforeignism, and is not found in the French word.

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