échouer

See also: êchouer

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Uncertain.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /e.ʃwe/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -we

VerbEdit

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

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