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== English == === Etymology === From Middle English defaut, defaute, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”). === Pronunciation === (noun): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɒlt/, /ˈdiːˌfɒlt/, /dɪˈfɔːlt/, /ˈdiːˌfɔːlt/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɔlt/, /ˈdiːˌfɔlt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɑlt/, /ˈdiːˌfɑlt/ (verb): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɒlt/, /dɪˈfɔːlt/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɔlt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɑlt/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /dəˈfɒːlt/ (Dublin) IPA(key): [dəˈfäl], [dəˈfälʔ] Rhymes: -ɒlt, -ɔːlt Hyphenation: de‧fault === Noun === default (countable and uncountable, plural defaults) (finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation. (finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met. (electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory A loss incurred by failing to compete. A selection made in the absence of an alternative. (often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed. (law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint. (obsolete) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires. (obsolete) Lack; absence. (obsolete) Fault; offence; wrong act. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: デフォルト (deforuto) → Korean: 디폴트 (dipolteu) → Norwegian Bokmål: default → Portuguese: default → Russian: дефо́лт (defólt) → Belarusian: дэфо́лт (defólt) → Bulgarian: дефо́лт (defólt) → Kazakh: дефолт (defolt) → Ukrainian: дефолт (defolt) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === default (third-person singular simple present defaults, present participle defaulting, simple past and past participle defaulted) (intransitive) To fail to meet an obligation. (intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint. (intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation. to default on a loan (intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete. Synonym: forfeit If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match. (ambitransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === faulted == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English default. === Pronunciation === === Noun === default m (plural defaults) (finance) default (condition of failing to meet an obligation) (computing) default (original settings) (computing) default (value assumed when none has been given) === Adjective === default (invariable, not comparable) (computing) being a default setting or value === Further reading === “default”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English default. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deˈfolt/ [d̪eˈfol̪t̪] Rhymes: -olt IPA(key): /ˈdifolt/ [ˈd̪i.fol̪t̪] Rhymes: -ifolt IPA(key): /deˈfault/ [d̪eˈfau̯l̪t̪] Rhymes: -ault Syllabification: de‧fault === Noun === default m (plural defaults) (finance) default Synonyms: impago, suspensión de pagos, cese de pagos, cesación de pagos, incumplimiento de pagos ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “default”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 «default»: mejor «impago», «suspensión de pagos», «cese o cesación de pagos» | FundéuRAEFundéuRAE