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Yes. The word fatal is a Scrabble US word. The word fatal is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is fatal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fatal is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

FATAL,

4-letter words (4 found)

ALFA,FLAT,TAAL,TALA,

3-letter words (8 found)

AAL,AFT,ALA,ALF,ALT,FAA,FAT,LAT,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AL,AT,FA,LA,TA,

You can make 19 words from fatal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of fatal

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Definitions and meaning of fatal

fatal

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeɪ.təl/
    • (General American) IPA(key): [ˈfeɪ.ɾɫ̩]
  • Rhymes: -eɪtəl

Adjective

fatal (not comparable)

  1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
  2. Foreboding death or great disaster.
  3. Causing death or destruction.
  4. (computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.

Synonyms

  • (proceeding from fate): inevitable, necessary
  • (foreboding death): terminal
  • (causing death): calamitous, deadly, destructive, lethal, mortal

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

fatal (plural fatals)

  1. A fatality; an event that leads to death.
  2. (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.

Translations

Anagrams

  • A flat, A-flat, a flat, a-flat, aflat

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [faˈtal]
  • Homophone: fetal (Balearic, Central)
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatals)

  1. fatal

Derived terms

  • fatalisme
  • fatalista
  • fatalment

Related terms

  • fatalitat

Further reading

  • “fatal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fataːl/, [faˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

fatal

  1. fatal

Inflection

Synonyms

  • skæbnesvanger

Derived terms

  • fatalisme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.tal/
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

fatal (feminine fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)

  1. fatal (due to fate)
  2. fatal (causing death)

Derived terms

  • étreinte fatale
  • fatalement
  • fatalisme
  • fataliste
  • femme fatale

Related terms

  • fatalité

Further reading

  • “fatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

17th century, from Latin fātālis, in part through French fatal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈtaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

fatal (strong nominative masculine singular fataler, comparative fataler, superlative am fatalsten)

  1. fatal, having serious consequences, severe
    Synonyms: verhängnisvoll, folgenschwer, schwer, ernst, gravierend
  2. (dated) embarrassing, awkward, causing predicament
    Synonyms: misslich, peinlich, unangenehm

Usage notes

  • The German adjective does not in itself imply death. For example, ein fataler Autounfall (“a fatal car accident”) may be a deadly accident, but could just as well be one which is severe for other reasons, e.g. because several cars were involved in it.

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfatal]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧tal

Adjective

fatal

  1. fatal
    1. Causing death or destruction.
      Synonym: celaka
    2. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; inevitable.

Further reading

  • “fatal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1380, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

fatal m (feminine singular fatale, masculine plural fatals, feminine plural fatales)

  1. fatal (due to fate)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

fatal (neuter singular fatalt, definite singular and plural fatale)

  1. fatal

References

  • “fatal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

fatal (neuter singular fatalt, definite singular and plural fatale)

  1. fatal

References

  • “fatal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: fa‧tal

Adjective

fatal m or f (plural fatais)

  1. fatal
  2. terrible, very bad

Derived terms

  • fatalismo
  • fatalista
  • fatalmente

Related terms

  • fatalidade

Further reading

  • “fatal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Adjective

fatal m or n (feminine singular fatală, masculine plural fatali, feminine and neuter plural fatale)

  1. fatal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈtal/ [faˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: fa‧tal

Adjective

fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatales)

  1. fatal
  2. terrible, very bad

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Bikol Central: patal (“stupid”)

Adverb

fatal

  1. very badly, terribly
    Me siento fatal. ― I feel terrible.
    Manejas fatal. ― You drive terribly.

Further reading

  • “fatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

fatal (not comparable)

  1. fatal (having dire consequences)

Usage notes

For "fatal" in the sense of "bringing death," see dödlig. Compare also dödsolycka (“fatal accident”).

Declension

References

  • fatal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • fatal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • fatal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org