"fatal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfeɪ.təl/, [ˈfeɪ.ɾɫ̩] [General-American] Audio: en-us-fatal.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪtəl Etymology: From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|fatal}} Middle French fatal, {{der|en|la|fātālis|t=fatal}} Latin fātālis (“fatal”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fatal (not comparable)
  1. (rare, archaic) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. Tags: archaic, not-comparable, rare Synonyms: inevitable, necessary Translations (proceeding from fate): fatal (Albanian), съдбоносен (sǎdbonosen) (Bulgarian), фатален (fatalen) (Bulgarian), fatal (Catalan), osudový [masculine] (Czech), fataal (Dutch), fatala (Esperanto), kohtalokas (Finnish), fatal (French), verhängnisvoll (German), fatal (German), fatala (Ido), fatale (Italian), 宿命的な (shukumeiteki na) (Japanese), fatalis (Latin), үйлтэй (üjltej) (Mongolian), skjebnebestemt (Norwegian), fatalny (Polish), fatal (Portuguese), роково́й (rokovój) (Russian), фата́льный (fatálʹnyj) (Russian), usoden (Slovene), fatal (Spanish), ödesbestämd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fatal-en-adj-btyc0UtN Disambiguation of 'proceeding from fate': 79 4 9 8
  2. (rare, archaic) Foreboding death or great disaster. Tags: archaic, not-comparable, rare Synonyms: terminal Translations (foreboding death): fatal (Catalan), osudný [masculine] (Czech), fataal (Dutch), kohtalokas (Finnish), fatal (French), fatal (Indonesian), fatale (Italian), mortifer (Latin), skjebnesvanger (Norwegian), fatal (Norwegian), fatal (Portuguese), роково́й (rokovój) (Russian), usoden (Slovene), fatal (Spanish), dödsbringande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fatal-en-adj-O52yR-cr Disambiguation of 'foreboding death': 3 78 17 3
  3. Causing death or destruction. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: calamitous, deadly, destructive, lethal, mortal Translations (causing death): fatal (Albanian), θανάσιμος (thanásimos) (Ancient Greek), مُمِيت (mumīt) (Arabic), قَاتِل (qātil) (Arabic), смъртоносен (smǎrtonosen) (Bulgarian), fatal (Catalan), osudný [masculine] (Czech), fataal (Dutch), mortiga (Esperanto), tappava (Finnish), tuhoisa (Finnish), kohtalokas (Finnish), fataali (Finnish), fatal (French), tödlich (German), קטלני (katlaní) (Hebrew), fatal (Indonesian), fatale (Italian), 致死の (chishi no) (Japanese), 命取りの (inochitori no) (Japanese), mortifer (Latin), lētālis (Latin), nāvīgs (Latvian), nāvējošs (Latvian), смртоносен (smrtonosen) (Macedonian), whakamate (Maori), fatal (Norwegian), fatal (Portuguese), роково́й (rokovój) (Russian), смерте́льный (smertélʹnyj) (Russian), usoden (Slovene), smrtonosen (Slovene), fatal (Spanish), mortal (Spanish), dödlig (Swedish), fatal (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fatal-en-adj-I53X7XhB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 31 25 15 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 52 16 9 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 2 2 15 9 4 7 1 9 2 9 11 2 2 12 13 1 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 15 10 3 6 1 10 2 9 12 1 1 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 7 6 43 13 18 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 10 6 29 18 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 6 6 40 17 14 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 6 48 14 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 6 47 14 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 5 39 13 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 6 41 15 16 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 4 45 15 16 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 6 48 14 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 6 46 14 15 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 7 41 16 14 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 12 6 41 14 12 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 4 4 46 16 16 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 7 6 43 13 18 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 4 48 14 15 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 4 45 15 16 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 4 48 14 15 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 7 6 43 13 18 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 7 6 43 13 18 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 6 45 15 13 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 8 5 43 15 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 7 6 45 15 13 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 6 38 12 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 4 39 11 25 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 4 48 14 15 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 7 6 43 13 18 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 4 47 16 13 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 6 46 15 13 14 Disambiguation of 'causing death': 2 13 66 19
  4. (computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program): fataali (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fatal-en-adj-FZjkPFYM Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program': 1 1 14 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈfeɪ.təl/, [ˈfeɪ.ɾɫ̩] [General-American] Audio: en-us-fatal.ogg Forms: fatals [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtəl Etymology: From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|fatal}} Middle French fatal, {{der|en|la|fātālis|t=fatal}} Latin fātālis (“fatal”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fatal (plural fatals)
  1. A fatality; an event that leads to death. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-fatal-en-noun-M1Vs4Xuu Disambiguation of Death: 7 10 28 5 35 16
  2. (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: fatal error): fataali virhe (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fatal-en-noun-g~zghOPs Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: fatal error': 3 97

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "fatala"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "verhängnisvoll"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shukumeiteki na",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
      "word": "宿命的な"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
      "word": "fatalis"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "üjltej",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
      "word": "үйлтэй"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
      "word": "skjebnebestemt"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
      "word": "fatalny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rokovój",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
      "word": "роково́й"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fatálʹnyj",
      "sense": "proceeding from fate",
      "word": "фата́льный"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "word": "usoden"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "ödesbestämd"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "foreboding death",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "fataal"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "kohtalokas"
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      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "fatale"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "mortifer"
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      "code": "no",
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      "word": "skjebnesvanger"
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "foreboding death",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "foreboding death",
      "word": "dödsbringande"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mumīt",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "مُمِيت"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qātil",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "قَاتِل"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smǎrtonosen",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "смъртоносен"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fatal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "osudný"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fataal"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "mortiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "tappava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "tuhoisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "kohtalokas"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fataali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "tödlich"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thanásimos",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "θανάσιμος"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "קטלני"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fatale"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chishi no",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "致死の"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "inochitori no",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "命取りの"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "mortifer"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "lētālis"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "whakamate"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing death",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "smertélʹnyj",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "смерте́льный"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "usoden"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "mortal"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "causing death",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program",
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      "sense": "computing: fatal error",
      "word": "fataali virhe"
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