failure

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.ljə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈfeɪ.ljəɹ/
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• India, North: /ˈfeː.l(ɪ.)jə(r)/
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• India, South: /ˈfej.l(ɪ.)jə(r)/
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• CMU ARPABET: F EY1 L Y ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”). Equivalent to fail + -ure.

206 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dështim — state or condition opposite of success
• Arabic: فَشَل (fašal) — state or condition opposite of success
• Arabic: إِخْفَاق (ʔiḵfāq) — state or condition opposite of success
• Armenian: անհաջողություն (anhaǰoġutʻyun) — state or condition opposite of success
• Armenian: ձախողում (jaxoġum) — state or condition opposite of success
• Basque: porrot — state or condition opposite of success
• Belarusian: права́л (pravál) — state or condition opposite of success
• Belarusian: крах (krax) — state or condition opposite of success
• Belarusian: няўда́ча (njawdáča) — state or condition opposite of success
• Bulgarian: неуспе́х (neuspéh) — state or condition opposite of success
• Bulgarian: несполу́ка (nespolúka) — state or condition opposite of success
• Catalan: fallida — state or condition opposite of success
• Catalan: fracàs (hispanism) — state or condition opposite of success
• Cherokee: ᎤᏄᎸᎲᏍᎩ (unulvhvsgi) — state or condition opposite of success
• Chinese Mandarin: 失敗 /失败 (shībài) — state or condition opposite of success
• Czech: nezdar — state or condition opposite of success
• Czech: neúspěch — state or condition opposite of success
• Czech: selhání — state or condition opposite of success
• Danish: fiasko — state or condition opposite of success
• Dutch: mislukking — state or condition opposite of success
• Dutch: faling — state or condition opposite of success
• Dutch: fout — state or condition opposite of success
• Esperanto: malsukceso — state or condition opposite of success
• Esperanto: fiasko — state or condition opposite of success
• Estonian: ebaõnnestumine — state or condition opposite of success
• Finnish: epäonnistuminen — state or condition opposite of success
• Finnish: moka — state or condition opposite of success
• Finnish: munaus — state or condition opposite of success
• Finnish: tyriminen — state or condition opposite of success
• Finnish: töppäys — state or condition opposite of success
• Finnish: möhläys — state or condition opposite of success
• Finnish: tunarointi — state or condition opposite of success
• Finnish: kömmähdys — state or condition opposite of success
• French: échec — state or condition opposite of success
• German: Misserfolg — state or condition opposite of success
• German: Ausfall — state or condition opposite of success
• German: Verschlechterung — state or condition opposite of success
• German: Misslingen — state or condition opposite of success
• German: Versagen — state or condition opposite of success
• German: Fehlschlag — state or condition opposite of success
• Greek: αποτυχία (apotychía) — state or condition opposite of success
• Ancient Greek: ἀποτυχία (apotukhía) — state or condition opposite of success
• Ancient Greek: ἀστόχημα (astókhēma) — state or condition opposite of success
• Ancient Greek: ἀστοχία (astokhía) — state or condition opposite of success
• Hebrew: כישלון \ כִּשָּׁלוֹן (kishalón) — state or condition opposite of success
• Hindi: असफलता (asphaltā) — state or condition opposite of success
• Hindi: विफलता (viphaltā) — state or condition opposite of success
• Hungarian: kudarc — state or condition opposite of success
• Hungarian: bukás — state or condition opposite of success
• Hungarian: felsülés — state or condition opposite of success
• Hungarian: fiaskó — state or condition opposite of success
• Ido: fiasko — state or condition opposite of success
• Indonesian: gagal — state or condition opposite of success
• Indonesian: kegagalan — state or condition opposite of success
• Irish: meath — state or condition opposite of success
• Irish: cliseadh — state or condition opposite of success
• Italian: fallimento — state or condition opposite of success
• Italian: insuccesso — state or condition opposite of success
• Italian: avaria — state or condition opposite of success
• Italian: fiasco — state or condition opposite of success
• Japanese: 失敗 (shippai) — state or condition opposite of success
• Kabuverdianu: fadja — state or condition opposite of success
• Kazakh: сәтсіздік (sätsızdık) — state or condition opposite of success
• Khmer: កំហក (kɑmhɑk) — state or condition opposite of success
• Khmer: ចំណាញ់ (cɑmnañ) — state or condition opposite of success
• Khmer: រិត្ត (rɨttaʼ) — state or condition opposite of success
• Korean: 실패 (silpae) — state or condition opposite of success
• Kyrgyz: жол болбоо (jol bolboo) — state or condition opposite of success
• Kyrgyz: иш ордунан чыкпай калуу (iş ordunan cıkpay kaluu) — state or condition opposite of success
• Latin: dēliquium — state or condition opposite of success
• Latin: dēfectiō — state or condition opposite of success
• Latvian: neizdošanās — state or condition opposite of success
• Latvian: neveiksme — state or condition opposite of success
• Lithuanian: nepasisekimas — state or condition opposite of success
• Macedonian: неуспех (neuspeh) — state or condition opposite of success
• Malay: kegagalan — state or condition opposite of success
• Māori: mūhoretanga — state or condition opposite of success
• Norwegian Bokmål: fiasko — state or condition opposite of success
• Norwegian Bokmål: misære — state or condition opposite of success
• Old English: āteorung, ġeteorung — state or condition opposite of success
• Dari: شِکَسْت (šikast) — state or condition opposite of success
• Iranian Persian: شِکَسْت (šekast) — state or condition opposite of success
• Polish: niepowodzenie — state or condition opposite of success
• Polish: porażka — state or condition opposite of success
• Polish: nieudacznictwo — state or condition opposite of success
• Portuguese: falha — state or condition opposite of success
• Portuguese: fracasso — state or condition opposite of success
• Portuguese: falhanço — state or condition opposite of success
• Romanian: eșec — state or condition opposite of success
• Russian: прова́л (provál) — state or condition opposite of success
• Russian: крах (krax) — state or condition opposite of success
• Russian: неуда́ча (neudáča) — state or condition opposite of success
• Russian: неуспе́х (neuspéx) — state or condition opposite of success
• Sanskrit: असिद्धि (asiddhi) — state or condition opposite of success
• Scottish Gaelic: fàilligeadh — state or condition opposite of success
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏успех — state or condition opposite of success
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏успјех — state or condition opposite of success
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅuspeh — state or condition opposite of success
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅuspjeh — state or condition opposite of success
• Slovak: nezdar — state or condition opposite of success
• Slovak: krach — state or condition opposite of success
• Slovak: neúspech — state or condition opposite of success
• Slovene: neuspeh — state or condition opposite of success
• Spanish: fallo — state or condition opposite of success
• Spanish: fracaso — state or condition opposite of success
• Spanish: cate — state or condition opposite of success
• Swahili: ushinde — state or condition opposite of success
• Swedish: misslyckande — state or condition opposite of success
• Tagalog: pagkabigo — state or condition opposite of success
• Tamil: தோல்வி (tōlvi) — state or condition opposite of success
• Telugu: వైఫల్యం (vaiphalyaṁ) — state or condition opposite of success
• Turkish: başarısızlık — state or condition opposite of success
• Ukrainian: крах (krax) — state or condition opposite of success
• Ukrainian: прова́л (provál) — state or condition opposite of success
• Ukrainian: невда́ча (nevdáča) — state or condition opposite of success
• Vietnamese: thất bại — state or condition opposite of success
• Arabic: فَشَل (fašal) — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Arabic: قُصُور (quṣūr) — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Finnish: vaurio — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Finnish: pysähdys — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• French: insuffisance — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Greek: ανεπάρκεια (anepárkeia) — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Polish: niewydolność — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Portuguese: insuficiência — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Portuguese: falência — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Tamil: செயலிழப்பு (ceyaliḻappu) — (pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
• Arabic: فَشَل (fašal) — object or person incapable of success
• Bulgarian: неуда́чник (neudáčnik) — object or person incapable of success
• Bulgarian: прова́л (provál) — object or person incapable of success
• Dutch: mislukkeling — object or person incapable of success
• Dutch: mislukking — object or person incapable of success
• Esperanto: fuŝaĵo — object or person incapable of success
• Finnish: romu — object or person incapable of success
• Finnish: susi — object or person incapable of success
• Finnish: epäonnistuja — object or person incapable of success
• Finnish: tunari — object or person incapable of success
• Finnish: tohelo — object or person incapable of success
• Finnish: luuseri — object or person incapable of success
• French: daube — object or person incapable of success
• French: flop — object or person incapable of success
• French: navet — object or person incapable of success
• French: raté — object or person incapable of success
• German: Versager — object or person incapable of success
• German: Versagerin — object or person incapable of success
• German: Niete — object or person incapable of success
• Hungarian: sikertelen — object or person incapable of success
• Hungarian: pályatévesztett — object or person incapable of success
• Hungarian: tehetségtelen — object or person incapable of success
• Hungarian: csődtömeg — object or person incapable of success
• Indonesian: pecundang — object or person incapable of success
• Indonesian: bedebah — object or person incapable of success
• Italian: fiasco — object or person incapable of success
• Japanese: 失敗作 (shippaisaku) — object or person incapable of success
• Latvian: neveiksme — object or person incapable of success
• Polish: nieudacznik — object or person incapable of success
• Polish: brak — object or person incapable of success
• Portuguese: fracassado — object or person incapable of success
• Russian: фиа́ско (fiásko) — object or person incapable of success
• Russian: неуда́чник (neudáčnik) — object or person incapable of success
• Russian: прова́л (provál) — object or person incapable of success
• Spanish: fracasado — object or person incapable of success
• Spanish: fracaso — object or person incapable of success
• Arabic: عُطْل (ʕuṭl) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Bulgarian: повре́да (povréda) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Catalan: fracàs — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Czech: porucha — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Danish: nedbrud — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Danish: svigt — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Dutch: mislukking — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Finnish: vika — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Finnish: kaatuminen — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Finnish: häiriö — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Finnish: toimintahäiriö — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Finnish: vaurio — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• French: panne — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• German: Pleite — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• German: Versagen — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• German: Ausfall — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• German: Panne — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Hungarian: meghibásodás — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Hungarian: üzemzavar — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Hungarian: elakadás — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Irish: meath — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Irish: meathlú — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Italian: disfunzione — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Italian: insufficienza — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Italian: gusto — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Norwegian Bokmål: svikt — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svikt — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Polish: awaria — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Polish: defekt — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Polish: usterka — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Portuguese: falha — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Russian: поло́мка (polómka) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Russian: вы́ход из стро́я (výxod iz strója) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Russian: сбой (sboj) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Russian: отка́з (otkáz) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Scottish Gaelic: fàilligeadh — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Slovak: porucha — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Spanish: avería — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Spanish: falla — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Tamil: செயலிழப்பு (ceyaliḻappu) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Turkish: arıza — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Ukrainian: збій (zbij) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Ukrainian: поло́мка (polómka) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function
• Ukrainian: пошко́дження (poškódžennja) — termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function