• Albanian: gabim , faj
• Catalan: errada , culpa
• Croatian: grješka, mana, krivnja
• Czech: chyba
• Esperanto: peko
• French: défaut (1,3), faute (2, 4, 5, 7)
• German: Fehler, Schuld
• Hungarian: hiba
• Italian: colpa
• Portuguese: culpa
• Romanian: hibă
• Russian: ошибка
• Slovak: chyba
• Slovenian: hiba
• Spanish: defecto, falla
• Telugu: తప్పిదం (tappidaM)

• Croatian: rasjed
• Dutch: breuk
• French: faille
• Japanese: (dansō)
• Portuguese: falha
• Spanish: falla

Verb

1. To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
2. In the context of "intransitive|geology}} To fracture.

Fault may refer to:

• Fault (geology), planar rock fractures which show evidence of relative movement
• Fault (technology), an abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to a failure
• An asymmetric fault or symmetric fault in an electric power system
• Fault (dog), in animal breeding, is a conformation point whose state or quality falls outside of the acceptable range for the attribute being judged
• In tennis, a "fault" could be either a foot fault or a service fault, where an aspect of the server's serve is not in line with the rules of the game
• Fault (legal), in criminal law, one must determine fault in a crime.

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