"fail" meaning in Anglais

See fail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \feɪl\, [feɪl] Audio: En-us-fail.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-fail.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-fail.wav Forms: fails [plural], failure
  1. Échec. Tags: slang
    Sense id: fr-fail-en-noun-Ci19vNm2 Categories (other): Termes argotiques en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: \feɪl\, [feɪl] Audio: En-us-fail.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-fail.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-fail.wav Forms: to fail [infinitive], fails [present, third-person, singular], failed [preterite], failed [participle, past], failing [participle, present]
  1. Échouer.
    Sense id: fr-fail-en-verb-wBJ1DdJ6
  2. Échouer.
    Sense id: fr-fail-en-verb-wBJ1DdJ61 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: failover, fallible, infallible, without fail

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "succeed"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "des examens"
      ],
      "word": "pass"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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      "parents": [],
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    },
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "failover"
    },
    {
      "word": "fallible"
    },
    {
      "word": "infallible"
    },
    {
      "word": "without fail"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "faillir",
      "faillir#fro"
    ],
    [
      "fallere",
      "fallo#la"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "de l’ancien français faillir, du latin vulgaire fallire lui-même issu du latin classique fallere (« tromper »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to fail",
      "ipas": [
        "\\feɪl\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fails",
      "ipas": [
        "\\feɪlz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "failed",
      "ipas": [
        "\\feɪld\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "failed",
      "ipas": [
        "\\feɪld\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "failing",
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        "\\feɪl.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "pos_title": "Verbe",
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      "glosses": [
        "Échouer."
      ],
      "id": "fr-fail-en-verb-wBJ1DdJ6"
    },
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
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            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "Échouer."
      ],
      "id": "fr-fail-en-verb-wBJ1DdJ61"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\feɪl\\"
    },
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  "tags": [
    "intransitive"
  ],
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}

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    },
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    },
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      "faillir",
      "faillir#fro"
    ],
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      "fallere",
      "fallo#la"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "de l’ancien français faillir, du latin vulgaire fallire lui-même issu du latin classique fallere (« tromper »)."
  ],
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    {
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      "ipas": [
        "\\feɪlz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "failure"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Termes argotiques en anglais",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Échec."
      ],
      "id": "fr-fail-en-noun-Ci19vNm2",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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  "word": "fail"
}
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      "word": "succeed"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "des examens"
      ],
      "word": "pass"
    }
  ],
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    "Verbes en anglais",
    "Verbes intransitifs en anglais",
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    {
      "word": "failover"
    },
    {
      "word": "fallible"
    },
    {
      "word": "infallible"
    },
    {
      "word": "without fail"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "faillir",
      "faillir#fro"
    ],
    [
      "fallere",
      "fallo#la"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "de l’ancien français faillir, du latin vulgaire fallire lui-même issu du latin classique fallere (« tromper »)."
  ],
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      "ipas": [
        "\\feɪl\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "\\feɪlz\\"
      ],
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        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "ipas": [
        "\\feɪld\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
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        "\\feɪld\\"
      ],
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        "past"
      ]
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      ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "pos_title": "Verbe",
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        "Échouer."
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    },
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        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
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              3,
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ]
    }
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    },
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      "faillir#fro"
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}

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