Fail - traduction, prononciation, transcription

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Amer.  |feɪl|  American pronunciation of the word fail
Brit.  |feɪl|  British pronunciation of the word fail

verb

- ne pas faire quelque chose; Ed (syn: neglect)
She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib
The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account
- échouerEd (syn: miscarry)
Where do today's public schools fail?
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
- décevoir, ne pas être fiable; Ed (syn: betray)
His sense of smell failed him this time
His strength finally failed him
His children failed him in the crisis
- arrêter de fonctionner ou de fonctionnerEd (syn: break, break down, conk out, die, give out, go)
The engine failed on the way to town
- être incapableEd
I fail to understand your motives
- juger inacceptableEd
The teacher failed six students
- échoue à obtenir une note de passageEd (syn: bomb, flunk)
She studied hard but failed nevertheless
Did I fail the test?
- ne pas répondre à ce qui est attenduEd
She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust
- devenir en faillite ou insolvable; Ed
A number of banks failed that year
- se révéler insuffisantEd (syn: give out, run out)
The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
- s'empirerEd

Matrix of words

verb

- échouerfail, defeat, beach, collapse, run aground, abort
- manquermiss, fail
- tomber en pannefail, break down, go wrong, conk out, fall due on, pack in
- faire faillitego bankrupt, fail, go bust, crash, go into liquidation, smash
- ratermiss, fail, bungle, muff, fluff, misfire
- faire défautfail, default, lack
- négligerneglect, overlook, disregard, fail, omit, leave out
- faiblirweaken, fail, flag, get weaker
- disparaîtredisappear, vanish, go, die out, fade out, fail
- abandonnerabandon, give up, leave, drop, surrender, fail
- recalerfail, plough
- affaiblirweaken, reduce, soften, dampen, dim, fail
- mettre en défautfail, default
- se pâlirfade, faint, fail
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