Grammatical class

Noun

faillite

bankruptcy

Details

Syllables

fail-li-te

Phonetics

fa.jit

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

6762

Freq. (movies)

5139

Freq. (news)

2877

Sentences

Tomber en faillite

Go bankrupt

A1

Tom a fait faillite.

Tom went bankrupt.

A1

Ce magasin a fait faillite.

That store went bankrupt.

A1

Il fut déclaré en faillite.

He was declared bankrupt.

A1

La société a fait faillite.

The company went bankrupt.

A1

La rumeur dit qu'il a fait faillite.

Rumour has it that he went bankrupt.

A2

La société est au bord de la faillite.

The company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

A2

La compagnie fit faillite.

The firm went bankrupt.

B1

La compagnie de Dan fera faillite.

Dan's company will go out of business.

B1

Les compagnies aériennes sont en train de faire faillite.

Airlines are going bust.

B1

La société a fait faillite. On a licencié tous les employés.

The company went bankrupt. We laid off all of the employees.

B1

Il est en faillite.

He is bankrupt.

C2