fatal

English

Etymology

From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪtəl/
  • IPA^(key): [ˈfeɪ.ɾɫ̩]

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪtəl

Adjective

fatal (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. Foreboding death or great disaster.
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3. 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.

4. (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

• fatalism
• fatalistic
• fatality

• fatally
• nonfatal, non-fatal
• 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
• Finnish: kohtalokas
• French: fatal (fr)
• German: verhängnisvoll, fatal (de)
• Ido: fatala (io)
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• Italian: fatale (it)
• Japanese: 宿命的な (ja) (shukumeiteki na)
• Latin: fatalis
• Mongolian: үйлтэй (üjltej)
• Norwegian: skjebnebestemt
• Portuguese: fatal (pt)
• Russian: роково́й (ru) (rokovój), фата́льный (ru) (fatálʹnyj)
• Slovene: usoden (sl)
• Spanish: fatal (es)
• Swedish: ödesbestämd

foreboding death

• Catalan: fatal (ca)
• Czech: osudný m
• Dutch: fataal (nl), fatale (nl)
• Finnish: kohtalokas
• French: fatal (fr)
• Italian: fatale (it)
• Latin: mortifer
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• Norwegian: skjebnesvanger, fatal
• Portuguese: fatal (pt)
• Russian: роково́й (ru) (rokovój)
• Slovene: usoden (sl)
• Spanish: fatal (es)
• Swedish: dödsbringande

causing death

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

  Ancient: θανάσιμος (thanásimos)

• Hebrew: קטלני (katlaní)
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• Italian: fatale (it)
• Japanese: 致死の (ja) (chishi no), 命取りの (inochitori no)
• Latin: mortifer, lētālis
• Latvian: nāvīgs, nāvējošs
• Maori: whakamate
• Norwegian: fatal
• Portuguese: fatal (pt)
• Russian: роково́й (ru) (rokovój), смерте́льный (ru) (smertélʹnyj)
• Slovene: usoden (sl), smrtonosen (sl)
• Spanish: fatal (es)
• Swedish: dödlig (sv), fatal (sv)

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, A-flat, a flat, a-flat, aflat

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈtal]

Adjective

fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatals)

1. fatal

Derived terms

• fatalisme
• fatalista
• fatalment

Related terms

• fatalitat

Further reading

• “fatal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fataːl/, [faˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

fatal

1. fatal

Inflection

Inflection of fatal
	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.

Synonyms

• skæbnesvanger

Derived terms

• fatalisme

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.tal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

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

1. fatal (due to fate)
2. fatal (causing death)

Derived terms

• fatalement
• fatalisme
• fataliste

Related terms

• fatalité

Further reading

• “fatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

fatal (comparative fataler, superlative am fatalsten)

1. fatal

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Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1380, borrowed from Latin fātālis

Adjective

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

1. fatal (due to fate)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fatalis

Adjective

fatal (neuter singular fatalt, definite singular and plural fatale)

1. fatal

References

• “fatal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fatalis

Adjective

fatal (neuter singular fatalt, definite singular and plural fatale)

1. fatal

References

• “fatal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɐ.ˈtaɫ/
• Hyphenation: fa‧tal

Adjective

1. fatal
2. terrible, very bad

Derived terms

• fatalismo
• fatalista
• fatalmente

Related terms

• fatalidade

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈtal/ [faˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatales)

1. fatal
2. terrible, very bad

Derived terms

• fatalismo
• fatalista
• fatalmente
• mujer fatal

 

Related terms

• fatalidad

Adverb

fatal

1. very badly, terribly

   Me siento fatal. ― I feel terrible.

   Manejas fatal. ― You drive terribly.

Further reading

• “fatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014