fatal
English
Etymology
From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fatal (not comparable)
- Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
- 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
- She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
- Foreboding death or great disaster.
- Causing death or destruction.
- a fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; a fatal mistake
- 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
- Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
- (computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of 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
Translations
proceeding from fate
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foreboding death
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causing death
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Noun
fatal (plural fatals)
- 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.
- 1999, Flying Magazine (volume 126, number 4, April 1999, page 15)
- (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatals)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fatal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
fatal
Inflection
Inflection of fatal | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | fatal | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | fatalt | — | —2 |
Plural | fatale | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | fatale | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
fatal (feminine fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
fatal (comparative fataler, superlative am fatalsten)
Declension
Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation 1380[1], borrowed from Latin fātālis
Adjective
fatal m (feminine singular fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)
- fatal (due to fate)
References
- ^ Etymology and history of “fatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
fatal (neuter singular fatalt, definite singular and plural fatale)
References
- “fatal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
fatal (neuter singular fatalt, definite singular and plural fatale)
References
- “fatal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: fa‧tal
Adjective
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Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Adverb
fatal
Further reading
- “fatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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