fail

Etymology 1
From, borrowed from , from , alteration of , from or.

Compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To be unsuccessful.
 * 2)  Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
 * 3)  To neglect.
 * 4)  Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
 * 5)  To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
 * 6)  To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
 * 7)  To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
 * 8)  To miss attaining; to lose.
 * 9) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
 * 10)  To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
 * 11)  To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
 * 12)  To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
 * 13)  To perish; to die; used of a person.
 * 14)  To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
 * 15) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
 * 1)  To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
 * 2)  To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
 * 3)  To miss attaining; to lose.
 * 4) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
 * 5)  To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
 * 6)  To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
 * 7)  To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
 * 8)  To perish; to die; used of a person.
 * 9)  To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
 * 10) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
 * 1)  To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
 * 2)  To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
 * 3)  To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
 * 4)  To perish; to die; used of a person.
 * 5)  To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
 * 6) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
 * 1)  To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
 * 2)  To perish; to die; used of a person.
 * 3)  To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
 * 4) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
 * 1)  To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
 * 2) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
 * 1) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb which takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

 * come to nought, come to nothing, crash and burn, fall flat,, go downhill, go down the toilet, go to pot, go to the dogs, go up in flames, go up in smoke (not vulgar); die in the ass, everything one touches turns to shit, go to hell, go to shit (vulgar)

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أَخْفَقَ, فَشِلَ
 * Hijazi Arabic: فِشِل
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: не успя́вам, не сполу́чвам
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dumpe
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: edutu
 * Finnish:, ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , , , mennä reisille , mennä puihin, mennä vituiksi ,  , mennä penkin alle,  , valua hiekkaan, kuivua kokoon, mennä myttyyn, ,  , mennä kiville ,  , stefuttaa ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, , apengar, , fracasar
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , ohne Erfolg bleiben, nicht gelingen,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀποτυγχάνω, ἀστοχέω, διαμαρτάνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, csődöt mond,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: meath
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Latin:, dēficiō
 * Malay:
 * Maori: paheke, rahua
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: mislykkes
 * Persian:, تصورکردن, موفق نشدن,
 * Polish: nie udać się
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: qulluy
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, потерпе́ть неуда́чу, , , не удава́ться, не уда́ться, , проёбываться
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàillig
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mabigo
 * Thai: ล้มเหลว, ,
 * Tocharian B: kwäl-
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:, ffili


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fejle, mislykkes, slå fejl
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: nurjuma
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, , apengar, , fracasar
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀποτυγχάνω, ἀστοχέω, διαμαρτάνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: nem sikerül (neki), nem jár sikerrel, ,
 * Italian:, , toppare,
 * Latin:, dēficiō
 * Maori: taka, ngere
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: mislykkes
 * Portuguese: deixar de, não conseguir
 * Russian:, потерпе́ть неуда́чу, не справля́ться, не спра́виться
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàillig
 * Spanish:, , no conseguir
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mabigo
 * Thai: ล้มเหลว


 * Czech: selhávat
 * Danish:, undlade
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , negligere, ,
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian: svikte
 * Portuguese: deixar de
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:, не рабо́тя
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: svigte
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: seiskuma
 * Finnish:, , vikautua, , , , ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , , felmondja a szolgálatot
 * Italian:, andare in bancarotta, fare bancarotta
 * Maori: tapore, tāporepore, ngaengae
 * Norwegian: feile
 * Polish: przestać działać
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: se strica
 * Russian:, , не рабо́тать
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , , magára hagy
 * Irish: tréig


 * Arabic: رَسَبَ
 * Hijazi Arabic: سقط, رسب
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: saada hylätty,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Marathi: नापास होणे, फेल होणे
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Turkish:


 * Czech:
 * Danish: dumpe
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Tagalog: biguin
 * Turkish: sınıfta bırakmak

Noun

 * 1) A failure, especially of a financial transaction a termination of an action.
 * 2) A failing grade in an academic examination.
 * 3)  A failure something incapable of success.
 * 4)  Poor quality; substandard workmanship.

Adjective

 * 1)  Unsuccessful; inadequate; unacceptable in some way.

Etymology 2
. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Attested from the 16th century.

Noun

 * 1) A piece of turf cut from grassland.

Etymology
From, from , from. Compare to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a collection of papers collated and archived together.
 * 2)  an aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
 * 1)  an aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
 * 1)  an aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) ring
 * 2) bracelet
 * 3) wreath
 * 4) sty

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) file collection of papers
 * 2) information or a document about someone, something etc.
 * 3)  file aggregation of data on a storage device

Derived terms

 * the process of filing
 * a lot of files

Verb

 * 1) file commit papers
 * 2) file to archive
 * 3)  file store computer data
 * 4)  file make a formal request

Etymology
, from, active participle of.

Noun

 * 1)  subject
 * 2)  agent, doer
 * 3)  actor, perpetrator
 * 1)  actor, perpetrator