faible

In his most unjust moments he would insinuate that I had deceived him when I appeared, what he called "faible" -- that is incompetent; he said I had feigned a false incapacity.

Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!

amusette - French Word-A-Day 2010

I remember meeting a group of Japanese in Heidelberg, more than twenty years ago (I was still at university), and in this group was one lady dressed tradionally (like you see those Geishas wearing - though modern Japanese seem to have a faible for bavarian fashion when you see them on the Oktoberfest in Munich).

Snapshot Monday: Singapore & Germany Nalini Singh 2009

If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!

French Word-A-Day: 2010

Une telle croyance est mécréante: elle accrédite l'idée que l'homme a été créé libidineux, violeur par nature et faible devant ses désirs.

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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!

Newforest Vocab Notes 2010

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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?)

amusette - French Word-A-Day 2010

If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?)

Newforest Vocab Notes 2010