fatal

fatal

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeɪ.təl/
    • (General American) IPA(key): [ˈfeɪ.ɾɫ̩]
  • Rhymes: -eɪtəl

Adjective

fatal (not comparable)

  1. (rare, archaic) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
    Synonyms: inevitable, necessary; see also Thesaurus:inevitable
  2. (rare, archaic) Foreboding death or great disaster.
    Synonyms: inauspicious, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous
  3. Causing death or destruction.
    Synonyms: calamitous, deadly, destructive, lethal, mortal, terminal; see also Thesaurus:disastrous
  4. (computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

fatal (plural fatals)

  1. A fatality; an event that leads to death.
  2. (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.

Translations

Anagrams

  • A-flat, Falta, aflat, A flat, a-flat, a flat

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [faˈtal]
  • Homophone: (Balearic,Central) fetal
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatals)

  1. fatal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “fatal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “fatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “fatal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “fatal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fataːl/, [faˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

fatal

  1. fatal
    Synonym: skæbnesvanger

Inflection

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.tal/
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

17th century, from Latin fātālis, in part through French fatal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈtaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

fatal (strong nominative masculine singular fataler, comparative fataler, superlative am fatalsten)

  1. fatal, having serious consequences, severe
    Synonyms: verhängnisvoll, folgenschwer, schwer, ernst, gravierend
  2. (dated) embarrassing, awkward, causing predicament
    Synonyms: misslich, peinlich, unangenehm

Usage notes

  • The German adjective does not in itself imply death. For example, ein fataler Autounfall (“a fatal car accident”) may be a deadly accident, but could just as well be one which is severe for other reasons, e.g. because several cars were involved in it.

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch fataal, from Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfatal]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧tal

Adjective

fatal

  1. fatal
    1. causing death or destruction
      Synonym: celaka
    2. proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; inevitable

Further reading

  • “fatal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1380, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

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

  1. fatal (due to fate)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

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

  1. fatal

References

  • “fatal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

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

  1. fatal

References

  • “fatal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: fa‧tal

Adjective

fatal m or f (plural fatais)

  1. fatal
    1. decided by fate or destiny
      Synonym: fatídico
      Antonym: casual
    2. causing death
      Synonyms: letal, letífero, letífico, mortal, mortifero
    3. causing damage
      Synonyms: calamitoso, funesto, nefasto, prejudicial
  2. inevitable
    Synonyms: inelutável, inevitável, infalível
  3. terrible, very bad

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “fatal”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  • “fatal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
  • “fatal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  • “fatal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  • “fatal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
  • “fatal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

fatal m or n (feminine singular fatală, masculine plural fatali, feminine and neuter plural fatale)

  1. fatal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈtal/ [faˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: fa‧tal

Adjective

fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatales)

  1. fatal
  2. terrible, very bad

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Bikol Central: patal (“stupid”)

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Adjective

fatal (not comparable)

  1. fatal (having dire consequences)
    begå ett fatalt misstag ― make a fatal mistake

Usage notes

For “fatal” in the sense of “bringing death,” see dödlig. Compare also dödsolycka (“fatal accident”).

Declension

References

  • fatal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • fatal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • fatal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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