fatal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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.
- 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], 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.
- 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
SynonymsEdit
- (proceeding from fate): inevitable, necessary
- (foreboding death): terminal
- (causing death): calamitous, deadly, destructive, lethal, mortal
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NounEdit
fatal (plural fatals)
- A fatality; an event that leads to death.
- 1969, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education, Hearings (page 90)
- For this same period there have been four fatals and 44 nonfatals in gassy mines.
- 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.
- 1969, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education, Hearings (page 90)
- (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fəˈtal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /faˈtal/
- Homophone: fetal (Balearic, Central)
- Rhymes: -al
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (masculine and feminine plural fatals)
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Further readingEdit
- “fatal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal
InflectionEdit
Inflection of fatal | |||
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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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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (feminine fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)
Derived termsEdit
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Further readingEdit
- “fatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
17th century, from Latin fātālis, in part through French fatal.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (strong nominative masculine singular fataler, comparative fataler, superlative am fatalsten)
- fatal, having serious consequences, severe
- Synonyms: verhängnisvoll, folgenschwer, schwer, ernst, gravierend
- (dated) embarrassing, awkward, causing predicament
- Synonyms: misslich, peinlich, unangenehm
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
DeclensionEdit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch fataal, from Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal
- fatal
- Causing death or destruction.
- Synonym: celaka
- Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; inevitable.
- Causing death or destruction.
Further readingEdit
- “fatal” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
First known attestation 1380[1], from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
AdjectiveEdit
fatal m (feminine singular fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Etymology and history of “fatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal m or f (plural fatais)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fatal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
AdjectiveEdit
fatal m or n (feminine singular fatală, masculine plural fatali, feminine and neuter plural fatale)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fatal (plural fatales)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
AdverbEdit
fatal
Further readingEdit
- “fatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014