derail

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• General-American: /ˌdəˈɹeɪ.əl/
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• General-American: /ˌdiːˈɹeɪ.əl/
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• rhymes with -eɪl
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 R EY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”). Analyzable as de- + rail.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Swedish: spårspärr — railway device
• Swedish: sidospår — diverting conversation
• Swedish: avstickare — diverting conversation
• Bulgarian: дерайлирам (derajliram) — to cause to come off the tracks
• Catalan: descarrilar — to cause to come off the tracks
• Chinese Mandarin: 越軌 /越轨 (yuèguǐ) — to cause to come off the tracks
• Chinese Mandarin: 出軌 /出轨 (chūguǐ) — to cause to come off the tracks
• Chinese Mandarin: 脫軌 /脱轨 (tuōguǐ) — to cause to come off the tracks
• Czech: vykolejit — to cause to come off the tracks
• Dutch: ontsporen — to cause to come off the tracks
• Finnish: suistua raiteilta — to cause to come off the tracks
• French: dérailler — to cause to come off the tracks
• German: entgleisen — to cause to come off the tracks
• Greek: εκτροχιάζομαι (ektrochiázomai) — to cause to come off the tracks
• Hungarian: kisiklik — to cause to come off the tracks
• Italian: deragliare — to cause to come off the tracks
• Malayalam: പാളം തെറ്റുക (pāḷaṁ teṟṟuka) — to cause to come off the tracks
• Norwegian: spore av — to cause to come off the tracks
• Polish: wykolejać się — to cause to come off the tracks
• Polish: wykoleić się — to cause to come off the tracks
• Portuguese: descarrilar — to cause to come off the tracks
• Portuguese: descarrilhar — to cause to come off the tracks
• Romanian: deraia — to cause to come off the tracks
• Russian: сходи́ть с ре́льсов (sxodítʹ s rélʹsov) — to cause to come off the tracks
• Russian: сойти́ с ре́льсов (sojtí s rélʹsov) — to cause to come off the tracks
• Spanish: descarrilar — to cause to come off the tracks
• Spanish: desrielar — to cause to come off the tracks
• Spanish: descarriar — to cause to come off the tracks
• Swedish: spåra ur — to cause to come off the tracks
• Vietnamese: trật bánh — to cause to come off the tracks
• Welsh: direilio — to cause to come off the tracks
• Finnish: suistua — to deviate from the previous course or direction
• Finnish: suistua raiteilta — to deviate from the previous course or direction
• French: dérailler — to deviate from the previous course or direction
• German: entgleisen — to deviate from the previous course or direction
• Italian: deragliare — to deviate from the previous course or direction
• Italian: sbandare — to deviate from the previous course or direction
• Latin: dēlīrō — to deviate from the previous course or direction
• Finnish: suistaa — to cause to deviate from a set course or direction
• Finnish: suistaa raiteilta — to cause to deviate from a set course or direction
• German: zum Entgleisen bringen — to cause to deviate from a set course or direction
• Hungarian: kisiklat — to cause to deviate from a set course or direction
• Romanian: submina — to cause to deviate from a set course or direction
• Russian: пуска́ть под отко́с (puskátʹ pod otkós) — to cause to deviate from a set course or direction
• Russian: срыва́ть (sryvátʹ) — to cause to deviate from a set course or direction
• Russian: сорва́ть (sorvátʹ) — to cause to deviate from a set course or direction