Meaning

4 senses
  1. Causing death or destruction.

    a fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; a fatal mistake

    tödlich

    роково́йrokovój, смерте́льныйsmertélʹnyj

  2. Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.

    a fatal error; a fatal exception

  3. (archaic, rare)Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.

    verhängnisvoll, fatal

    роково́йrokovój, фата́льныйfatálʹnyj

  4. (archaic, rare)Foreboding death or great disaster.

    tödlich

    роково́йrokovój

    bringing death

Examples

109 sentences
  1. The snake bite was fatal.

    Укус змії був смертельний. — User92242

    ruУкус змеи оказался смертельным. — Wezel

  2. That was a fatal error.

    Це була фатальна помилка. — deniko

  3. Is it fatal?

    Це смертельно? — deniko

    ruЭто смертельно? — odexed

  4. Most fatal accidents happen at home.

    ruБольшая часть несчастных случаев со смертельным исходом происходит дома. — marafon

  5. Tom has made a fatal mistake.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
proceeding from fate:
causing death:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
proceeding from fate:
foreboding death:

Origin

From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

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Forms

more fatal, most fatal
Comparativemore fatal Lesson
Superlativemost fatal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

63 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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