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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaccident mortel
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /aksi.dɑ̃ mɔʁ.tɛl/
"Un accident mortel s'est produit sur l'autoroute cette nuit."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A vehicular accident that results in the death of one or more persons involved.
"Police are investigating a fatal crash that closed the highway for several hours." - 2
In computing and aviation, a catastrophic system or software failure that causes complete termination and cannot be recovered from without loss of life or data.
"The simulation software experienced a fatal crash during the final stress test."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'fatal', originating from the Latin 'fatalis' meaning 'destined, fateful, or causing death' (from 'fatum', meaning 'prophecy or destiny'), with 'crash', an onomatopoeic Middle English word meaning 'to break with a loud noise'. Together, the compound phrase emerged in modern journalism and transportation safety contexts to formally designate vehicular accidents resulting in one or more human fatalities.
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accident mortel
Transliteration: /aksi.dɑ̃ mɔʁ.tɛl/
"Un accident mortel s'est produit sur l'autoroute cette nuit."
tödlicher Unfall
Transliteration: /ˈtøːdlɪçɐ ˈʊnfal/
"Auf der Landstraße gab es gestern einen tödlichen Unfall."
incidente mortale
Transliteration: /in.tʃiˈdɛn.te morˈta.le/
"La polizia indaga sull'incidente mortale avvenuto ieri."
accidente mortal
Transliteration: /ak.siˈðen.te morˈtal/
"Hubo un accidente mortal en la autopista principal."
acidente fatal
Transliteration: /a.siˈdẽ.twi faˈtaɫ/
"O trânsito parou após um acidente fatal na ponte."
जानलेवा दुर्घटना
Transliteration: jaanlevaa durghatna
"कल रात राजमार्ग पर एक जानलेवा दुर्घटना हुई।"
致命车祸
Transliteration: zhìmìng chēhuò
"高速公路上发生了一起致命车祸。"
치명적인 사고
Transliteration: chimyeongjeogin sago
"고속도로에서 치명적인 사고가 발생했습니다."
死亡事故
Transliteration: shibō jiko
"昨夜、国道で悲惨な死亡事故があった。"
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