échec

Definitions of échec
  1. noun
    a sudden and violent collapse
    synonyms: débâcle, désastre
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    débâcle, tassement, écroulement
    a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
  2. noun
    failure of a plan
    synonyms: avortement
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    type of:
    désastre, raté
    an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
  3. noun
    a complete failure
    synonyms: chute, désastre
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    type of:
    désastre, raté
    an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
  4. noun
    lack of success
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    antonyms:
    réussite, succés
    a state of prosperity or fame
    types:
    banqueroute
    a state of complete lack of some abstract property
    type of:
    chance, destinée, sort
    your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  5. noun
    (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
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    type of:
    coup
    the act of moving a chess piece
  6. noun
    an act that fails
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    perte
    the act of losing someone or something
    faute
    (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
    out
    (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
    disqualification, forfait
    loss due to not showing up
    capitulation
    the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
    putout
    an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
    type of:
    inachèvement, non-accomplissement
    an act that does not achieve its intended goal
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