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échouer

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See also: êchouer

French

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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échouer

  1. to fail, fall through, miscarry
  2. (informal) to end, wind up
    Ils échouaient criblés de dettes.They ended up in mountains of debt.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to ground, run aground
  4. (voluntarily) to beach

Usage notes

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Because of the similarity of their first syllables, échec (failure) is often treated as the noun form of échouer, but in fact the two words are unrelated.

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