flaw
/floː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.60 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
noun
A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
noun
A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flagō (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *plok- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English flōh (“a fragment, piece”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: flawe, flaga, *flagō, *plok-, *flaugh, vlāghe
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /floː/
- British English: /flɔː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
flaws (plural)
flaws (present, singular)
flawing (participle, present)
flawed (participle, past)
flawed (past)
flawe (alternative, obsolete)