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/ˈfeɪ.təl/
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[ˈfeɪ.ɾɫ̩]
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F EY1 T AH0 L
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Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inevitable, necessary, avoidless, certain, fatal, foregone, impreventable, ineluctable, inescapable, inexorable, irresistible, natural, predictable, unavoidable, unforestallable, unescapable, unpreventable
Antonyms: none provided
Foreboding death or great disaster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inauspicious, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous, divine, fatal, foreboding, ill-boding, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicate, nefastous, omenic, ominous, brooding, presageful, presagious, prodigious, sinister, star-crossed, sullen
Antonyms: none provided
Causing death or destruction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; a fatal mistake
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calamitous, deadly, destructive, lethal, mortal, terminal, apocalyptic, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, debacular, devastating, disadventurous, disastrous, eradicative, extirpative, fatal, harmful, pernicious, ruinous, woeful
Antonyms: none provided
Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
a fatal error; a fatal exception
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A fatality; an event that leads to death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
bringing death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonfatal
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fateful
Antonyms: none provided
9
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance- Saturday Rev
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea the fatal day of the election finally arrived
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fateful
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin- Charles Darwin- Douglas MacArthur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the stock market crashed on Black Friday a calamitous defeat the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it a fateful error
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
Across languages
Translations 87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
fatal
— proceeding from fate
Bulgarian :
съдбоносен
(sǎdbonosen)
— proceeding from fate
Bulgarian :
фатален
(fatalen)
— proceeding from fate
Catalan :
fatal
— proceeding from fate
Czech :
osudový
— proceeding from fate
Dutch :
fataal
— proceeding from fate
Esperanto :
fatala
— proceeding from fate
Finnish :
kohtalokas
— proceeding from fate
French :
fatal
— proceeding from fate
Galician :
fatal
— proceeding from fate
German :
verhängnisvoll
— proceeding from fate
German :
fatal
— proceeding from fate
Ido :
fatala
— proceeding from fate
Italian :
fatale
— proceeding from fate
Japanese :
宿命的な
(shukumeiteki na)
— proceeding from fate
Latin :
fatalis
— proceeding from fate
Mongolian :
үйлтэй
(üjltej)
— proceeding from fate
Norwegian :
skjebnebestemt
— proceeding from fate
Polish :
fatalny
— proceeding from fate
Portuguese :
fatal
— proceeding from fate
Russian :
роково́й
(rokovój)
— proceeding from fate
Russian :
фата́льный
(fatálʹnyj)
— proceeding from fate
Slovene :
usoden
— proceeding from fate
Spanish :
fatal
— proceeding from fate
Swedish :
ödesbestämd
— proceeding from fate
Turkish :
kaçınılmaz
— proceeding from fate
Turkish :
mukadder
— proceeding from fate
Catalan :
fatal
— foreboding death
Czech :
osudný
— foreboding death
Dutch :
fataal
— foreboding death
Finnish :
kohtalokas
— foreboding death
French :
fatal
— foreboding death
Galician :
fatal
— foreboding death
German :
tödlich
— foreboding death
Indonesian :
fatal
— foreboding death
Italian :
fatale
— foreboding death
Latin :
mortifer
— foreboding death
Norwegian :
skjebnesvanger
— foreboding death
Norwegian :
fatal
— foreboding death
Portuguese :
fatal
— foreboding death
Russian :
роково́й
(rokovój)
— foreboding death
Slovene :
usoden
— foreboding death
Spanish :
fatal
— foreboding death
Swedish :
dödsbringande
— foreboding death
Albanian :
fatal
— causing death
Arabic :
مُمِيت
(mumīt)
— causing death
Arabic :
قَاتِل
(qātil)
— causing death
Bulgarian :
смъртоносен
(smǎrtonosen)
— causing death
Catalan :
fatal
— causing death
Czech :
osudný
— causing death
Dutch :
fataal
— causing death
Esperanto :
mortiga
— causing death
Finnish :
tappava
— causing death
Finnish :
tuhoisa
— causing death
Finnish :
kohtalokas
— causing death
Finnish :
fataali
— causing death
French :
fatal
— causing death
Galician :
fatal
— causing death
German :
tödlich
— causing death
Ancient Greek :
θανάσιμος
(thanásimos)
— causing death
Hebrew :
קטלני
(katlaní)
— causing death
Indonesian :
fatal
— causing death
Italian :
fatale
— causing death
Japanese :
致死の
(chishi no)
— causing death
Japanese :
命取りの
(inochitori no)
— causing death
Latin :
mortifer
— causing death
Latin :
lētālis
— causing death
Latin :
exitiālis
— causing death
Latvian :
nāvīgs
— causing death
Latvian :
nāvējošs
— causing death
Macedonian :
смртоносен
(smrtonosen)
— causing death
Māori :
whakamate
— causing death
Norwegian :
fatal
— causing death
Portuguese :
fatal
— causing death
Russian :
роково́й
(rokovój)
— causing death
Russian :
смерте́льный
(smertélʹnyj)
— causing death
Slovene :
usoden
— causing death
Slovene :
smrtonosen
— causing death
Spanish :
fatal
— causing death
Spanish :
mortal
— causing death
Swedish :
dödlig
— causing death
Swedish :
fatal
— causing death
Turkish :
ölümcül
— causing death
Finnish :
fataali
— computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program
Swedish :
kritisk
— computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program
Turkish :
kritik
— computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program
Finnish :
fataali virhe
— computing: fatal error
