Synonyms: miscarry, come unstuck
Part of speech | verb |
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Pronunciation | /feɪ̯l/ |
Hyphenation | fail |
Shavian alphabet | 𐑓𐑱𐑤 |
Indicative mood | |
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Present tense | Past tense |
(I) fail | (I) failed |
(thou) failest | (thou) failedst |
(he) fails, faileth | (he) failed |
(we) fail | (we) failed |
(you) fail | (you) failed |
(they) fail | (they) failed |
Subjunctive mood | |
Present tense | Past tense |
(I) fail | (I) failed |
(thou) fail | (thou) failed |
(he) fail | (he) failed |
(we) fail | (we) failed |
(you) fail | (you) failed |
(they) fail | (they) failed |
Imperative mood | |
fail | |
Participles | |
Present participle | Past participle |
failing | failed |
Dutch | bakken; falen; mislukken; zakken |
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English (Old English) | abreoþan |
Esperanto | malsukcesi |
Faeroese | miseydnast |
German | mißglücken; durchfallen |
Low German | mislükken |
Malay | gagal |
Papiamento | faya; frakasá |
Portuguese | malograr‐se; sofrer um xeque; ter mau êxito |
Swahili | ‐kosa |
Swedish | klicka |
West Frisian | fale; feile; mislearje |