faller

== English == === Etymology === From fall +‎ -er. === Noun === faller (plural fallers) One who falls. A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked. (engineering) A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks. Synonym of feller (“one who cuts down trees”). ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Lafler, fellar, refall == Catalan == === Etymology === From Falles +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈʎe] IPA(key): (Valencia) [faˈʎeɾ] === Adjective === faller (feminine fallera, masculine plural fallers, feminine plural falleres) (relational) of the Falles === Noun === faller m (plural fallers) someone taking part in the Falles === Further reading === “faller”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French faloir, from an earlier *falleir, from Latin fallō, fallere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwel- (“to lie, deceive”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === faller (Jersey, impersonal) to be necessary == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === faller present tense of falle == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Verb === faller present indicative of falla