fatal
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (not comparable)
- Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
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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.
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- Foreboding death or great disaster.
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1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, OCLC 16832619:
- Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
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- Causing death or destruction.
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a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error
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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.
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- (computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
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a fatal error; a fatal exception
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SynonymsEdit
- (proceeding from fate): inevitable, necessary
- (foreboding death): terminal
- (causing death): calamitous, deadly, destructive, mortal
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
proceeding from fate
foreboding death
causing death
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NounEdit
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.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (masculine and feminine plural fatals)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of fatal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | fatal | — | —2 |
| 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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SynonymsEdit
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (feminine singular fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fatal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (comparative fataler, superlative am fatalsten)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of fatal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist fatal | sie ist fatal | es ist fatal | sie sind fatal | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | fataler | fatale | fatales | fatale |
| genitive | fatalen | fataler | fatalen | fataler | |
| dative | fatalem | fataler | fatalem | fatalen | |
| accusative | fatalen | fatale | fatales | fatale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der fatale | die fatale | das fatale | die fatalen |
| genitive | des fatalen | der fatalen | des fatalen | der fatalen | |
| dative | dem fatalen | der fatalen | dem fatalen | den fatalen | |
| accusative | den fatalen | die fatale | das fatale | die fatalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein fataler | eine fatale | ein fatales | (keine) fatalen |
| genitive | eines fatalen | einer fatalen | eines fatalen | (keiner) fatalen | |
| dative | einem fatalen | einer fatalen | einem fatalen | (keinen) fatalen | |
| accusative | einen fatalen | eine fatale | ein fatales | (keine) fatalen | |
Comparative forms of fatal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist fataler | sie ist fataler | es ist fataler | sie sind fataler | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | fatalerer | fatalere | fataleres | fatalere |
| genitive | fataleren | fatalerer | fataleren | fatalerer | |
| dative | fatalerem | fatalerer | fatalerem | fataleren | |
| accusative | fataleren | fatalere | fataleres | fatalere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der fatalere | die fatalere | das fatalere | die fataleren |
| genitive | des fataleren | der fataleren | des fataleren | der fataleren | |
| dative | dem fataleren | der fataleren | dem fataleren | den fataleren | |
| accusative | den fataleren | die fatalere | das fatalere | die fataleren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein fatalerer | eine fatalere | ein fataleres | (keine) fataleren |
| genitive | eines fataleren | einer fataleren | eines fataleren | (keiner) fataleren | |
| dative | einem fataleren | einer fataleren | einem fataleren | (keinen) fataleren | |
| accusative | einen fataleren | eine fatalere | ein fataleres | (keine) fataleren | |
Superlative forms of fatal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am fatalsten | sie ist am fatalsten | es ist am fatalsten | sie sind am fatalsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | fatalster | fatalste | fatalstes | fatalste |
| genitive | fatalsten | fatalster | fatalsten | fatalster | |
| dative | fatalstem | fatalster | fatalstem | fatalsten | |
| accusative | fatalsten | fatalste | fatalstes | fatalste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der fatalste | die fatalste | das fatalste | die fatalsten |
| genitive | des fatalsten | der fatalsten | des fatalsten | der fatalsten | |
| dative | dem fatalsten | der fatalsten | dem fatalsten | den fatalsten | |
| accusative | den fatalsten | die fatalste | das fatalste | die fatalsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein fatalster | eine fatalste | ein fatalstes | (keine) fatalsten |
| genitive | eines fatalsten | einer fatalsten | eines fatalsten | (keiner) fatalsten | |
| dative | einem fatalsten | einer fatalsten | einem fatalsten | (keinen) fatalsten | |
| accusative | einen fatalsten | eine fatalste | ein fatalstes | (keine) fatalsten | |
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
First known attestation 1380[1], borrowed from Latin fātālis
AdjectiveEdit
fatal m (feminine singular fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)
- fatal (due to fate)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “fatal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (neuter singular fatalt, definite singular and plural fatale)
ReferencesEdit
- “fatal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (neuter singular fatalt, definite singular and plural fatale)
ReferencesEdit
- “fatal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.