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Dictionary translations for "échec"

l' échec m noun

failure [ˈfeɪljə] (examen)

Cette expérience était un échec.

That experiment was a failure.

fiasco [fɪˈæskəu] (fiasco)

Phrases with "échec" (18)

tenir en échec - hold in check
échec au roi - check
échec et mat - checkmate
échec scolaire - academic failure
échec sentimental - failed love affair
éprouver échec - fail
faire échec - thwart
mettre en échec - cause to fail
se traduire par un échec - result in failure
solder par un échec - be a flop

Contexts with "échec"

Cette expérience était un échec. That experiment was a failure.

Des rumeurs couraient au sujet d'un échec. Rumors of defeat were circulating.

Tu devrais reconnaître ton échec. You should acknowledge your failure.

Au-delà de la démagogie de la droite et de la dispersion de la gauche qui ont rendu possible cette situation, j’assume pleinement la responsabilité de cet échec et j’en tire les conclusions en me retirant de la vie politique, après la fin de l’élection présidentielle. Beyond the Right's populism and the dispersion of the Left which have made this situation possible, I take full responsibility for this defeat and draw the necessary conclusions by retiring from political life after the end of the presidential election.

La fête était un échec. The party was a failure.

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