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Dictionary French → English: échec

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NOUN

l'échec | les échecs

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échec {m}

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échec {m} [de marriage]

break-up [of marriage]

pol. sport échec {m} [défaite]

mil. échec {m} [défaite]

jeux échec {m} [échecs]

check [chess]

échec {m} [remédiable]

2 Words: Nouns

demi-échec {m}

partial failure

fin. échec {m} financier

financial disaster

fin. échec {m} financier

financial failure

fin. échec {m} financier

financial setback

échec {m} personnel

personal failure

éduc. échec {m} scolaire

academic failure

éduc. échec {m} scolaire

failure at school

semi-échec {m}

partial failure

3 Words: Others

voué à l'échec {adj}

doomed to failure

3 Words: Verbs

aller à l'échec

to be heading for failure

courir à l'échec

to be heading for failure

courir à l'échec

to be heading for a fall

jeux faire échec à qc. [échecs]

to check sth. [chess]

jeux mettre qc. en échec [échecs]

to check sth. [chess]

jeux mettre qn. en échec [échecs]

to check sb. [chess]

subir un échec

to fail

subir un échec [temporairement]

to suffer a setback

3 Words: Nouns

jeux échec et mat {noun} [échecs]

checkmate [chess]

sport mise {f} en échec

inform. mode {m} sans échec

inform. mode {m} sans échec

sanction {f} de l'échec

penalty for failure

4 Words: Verbs

jeux être échec et mat

to be checkmated

être voué à l'échec [plan, projet]

to be a non-starter

auto dr. faire un constat d'échec

to acknowledge a failure

assur. auto dr. faire un constat d'échec

to admit a failure

mil. tenir l'ennemi en échec

to hold the enemy at bay

mil. tenir l'ennemi en échec

to hold the enemy in check

5+ Words: Others

Son idée était destinée à l'échec dès le départ.

His idea was bound to fail from the very start.

Son idée était destinée à l'échec dès le départ.

His idea was doomed (to failure) from the very start.

Tout conspire pour que cette aventure soit un échec.

Everything is conspiring to make this adventure a failure.

5+ Words: Verbs

courir au devant de l'échec

to be heading for failure

jeux faire échec et mat à qn. [échecs]

to checkmate sb. [chess]

se solder par un échec

to end in failure

se solder par un échec [loc.]

to come to nothing [idiom]

se traduire par un échec

to result in failure

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