fatal
pronunciation
How to pronounce fatal in British English:
UK [ˈfeɪtl]
How to pronounce fatal in American English:
US [ˈfeɪtl]
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- Adjective:
- bringing death
- having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
Word Origin
- fatal (adj.)
- late 14c., "decreed by fate," also "fraught with fate," from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate, decreed, destined; destructive, deadly," from fatum (see fate (n.)); sense of "causing or attended with death" in English is from early 15c. Meaning "concerned with or dealing with destiny" is from mid-15c.
Synonym
Example
- 1. They can also suffer potentially fatal placenta problems .
- 2. Yet sopa 's flaws are not as its opponents claim fatal .
- 3. There have been many fatal crashes in this area .
- 4. European banks might suffer a fatal loss of confidence .
- 5. And for a thriller writer , that 's fatal .