fatal

English

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfeɪtəl/, X-SAMPA: /"feIt@l/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪtəl

Adjective

fatal (not comparable)

1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
2. Foreboding death or great disaster.
3. Causing death or destruction

   a fatal wound

   a fatal disease

   a fatal day

   a fatal error

4. (computing) Causing a sudden end to a program.

   a fatal error

   a fatal exception

Synonyms

• (proceeding from fate): inevitable, necessary
• (foreboding death): terminal
• (causing death): calamitous, deadly, destructive, mortal

Derived terms

fatalism fatalistic fatality

fatally nonfatal nonfatally

Translations

proceeding from fate

• Albanian: fatal (sq)
• Bulgarian: съдбоносен (bg) (sǎdbonosen), фатален (bg) (fatalen)
• Catalan: fatal (ca)
• Czech: osudový (cs) m
• Dutch: fataal (nl), fatale (nl)
• Esperanto: fatala (eo)
• Finnish: kohtalokas (fi)
• French: fatal (fr)
• German: verhängnisvoll (de), fatal (de)

• Ido: fatala (io)
• Italian: fatale (it)
• Latin: fatalis (la)
• Norwegian: skjebnebestemt (no)
• Portuguese: fatal (pt)
• Russian: роковой (ru) (rokovój), фатальный (ru) (fatálʹnyj)
• Slovene: usoden (sl) m, usodna f, usodno n
• Spanish: fatal (es)

foreboding death

• Catalan: fatal (ca)
• Czech: osudný (cs) m
• Dutch: fataal (nl), fatale (nl)
• Finnish: kohtalokas (fi)
• French: fatal (fr)
• Italian: fatale (it)

• Latin: mortifer (la)
• Norwegian: skjebnesvanger (no), fatal (no)
• Portuguese: fatal (pt)
• Russian: роковой (ru) (rokovój)
• Slovene: usoden (sl) m, usodna f, usodno n
• Spanish: fatal (es)

causing death

• Albanian: fatal (sq)
• Bulgarian: смъртоносен (bg) (smǎrtonosen)
• Catalan: fatal (ca)
• Czech: osudný (cs) m
• Dutch: fataal (nl), fatale (nl)
• Finnish: tappava (fi), tuhoisa (fi), fataali (fi)
• French: fatal (fr)
• Italian: fatale (it)

• Latin: mortifer (la)
• Norwegian: fatal (no)
• Portuguese: fatal (pt)
• Russian: роковой (ru) (rokovój), смертельный (ru) (smertélʹnyj)
• Slovene: usoden (sl) m, usodna f, usodno n; smrtonosen (sl) m, smrtonosna f, smrtonosno n
• Spanish: fatal (es)

Noun

fatal (plural fatals)

1. A fatality; an event that leads to death.
   • 1999, Flying Magazine (volume 126, number 4, April 1999, page 15)

     The best accident rate in general aviation is in corporate/executive flying at 0.17 per 100000 hours for fatals and .50 for total accidents.

2. (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.

Anagrams

• A-flat

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

fatal m, f (masculine and feminine plural fatals)

1. fatal

Derived terms

• fatalisme
• fatalista
• fatalment

Related terms

• fatalitat

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fataːl/, [faˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

fatal (neuter fatalt, definite and plural fatale)

1. fatal

Synonyms

• skæbnesvanger

Derived terms

• fatalisme

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French

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

fatal m (feminine fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)

1. fatal

Derived terms

• fatalement
• fatalité
• fataliste

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

fatal m and f (plural fatais; comparable)

1. fatal
2. terrible, very bad

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

fatal m and f (plural fatales)

1. fatal
2. terrible, very bad

Adverb

fatal

1. very badly, terribly

   Me siento fatal. I feel terribly bad.

   Manejas fatal. You drive awfully.