fatal
French, adjective/fa.tal/
fatal is spelled F-A-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fatal is a French adjective meaning “fatal (due to fate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qu’on ne peut éviter, qui doit arriver inévitablement, qui est fixé d’une manière irrévocable”.
What does fatal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fatal (due to fate)
- 2
fatal (causing death)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qu’on ne peut éviter, qui doit arriver inévitablement, qui est fixé d’une manière irrévocable. 2. À qui on ne peut résister. 3. Marqué par le destin. 4. Qui entraîne avec soi quelque suite importante, en bien ou en mal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fatal
- fatale feminine
- fatals masculine plural
- fatales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fatal?
- /fa.tal/
- \fa.tal\
- [fa.tal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fatal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fatal in French?
fatal appears 4.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).