WordfaillirMeaningto almost (do)Part of speechverbPronunciationCourseFrenchLessonNear misses (faillir)Usages of faillirLe développeur a failli formater l'ordinateur.The developer almost formatted the computer.Quant au disque dur, il a failli le supprimer irréversiblement.As for the hard drive, he almost deleted it irreversibly.