fatal

mortel, létal

Qui entraîne la mort ou peut l’entraîner.

En anglais simple : Causing someone to die, or capable of doing so.

• The accident was fatal.
• Untreated infections can be fatal.
• He suffered fatal injuries in the crash.

Comment l'utiliser : fatal to someone/something (Even a small amount can be fatal to a child.)

Synonymes : deadly, lethal

Contraires : nonfatal

Expressions courantes : fatal accident, fatal injury, fatal dose

fatal, désastreux, mortel

Qui entraîne la mort, un échec complet ou la destruction de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Causing death, complete failure, or the destruction of something.

• That was a fatal mistake.
• The plan had a fatal flaw.
• Losing the contract proved fatal to the business.

Comment l'utiliser : fatal to something (The loss of funding was fatal to the project.)

Synonymes : disastrous, ruinous, deadly

Expressions courantes : fatal mistake, fatal flaw, fatal blow, fatal wound

fatal, irrécupérable

Qui provoque l’arrêt immédiat d’un programme informatique.

En anglais simple : Causing a computer program to stop working immediately.

• A fatal error stopped the program.
• The screen displayed a fatal exception message.
• Save your work before another fatal crash occurs.

Synonymes : unrecoverable

Contraires : nonfatal

Expressions courantes : fatal error, fatal exception, fatal system error

prédestiné, fatidique

Déterminé par le destin, sans que les humains puissent changer ce qui arrivera.

En anglais simple : Decided by fate, so that people cannot change what will happen.

• They accepted the gods' fatal decree.
• The hero could not escape his fatal destiny.
• She believed the fatal hour had been fixed at birth.

Synonymes : fated, predestined, foreordained

Expressions courantes : fatal decree, fatal destiny, fatal hour

accident mortel

Accident ou autre événement au cours duquel quelqu’un meurt.

En anglais simple : An accident or other event in which someone dies.

• Police reported another fatal overnight.
• Two fatals occurred on that road last month.
• The officer was called to a fatal on the highway.

Synonymes : fatal accident, fatality

Expressions courantes : another fatal, road fatal, report a fatal