Failure - Échec (The 1039th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Failure is Échec. It can be used as noun, adjective. It is classified as a A2 word, and is the 1039th most commonly used word in French. This word often comes up when talking about house. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: failure

French: échec

Examples


The primary cause of his failure is laziness.	La principale cause de son échec est la fainéantise.
You should acknowledge your failure.	Tu devrais reconnaître ton échec.
The party was a failure.	La fête était un échec.
That experiment was a failure.	Cette expérience était un échec.
The attempt ended in failure.	La tentative s'est soldée par un échec.
His attempt ended in failure.	Sa tentative se solda par un échec.
His project ended in failure.	Son projet s'est terminé en un échec.
He is ashamed of his failure.	Il a honte de son échec.

The employment policy is a failure.	La politique de l'emploi est un échec.
What caused that failure	En quoi consiste la cause de cet échec
His negotiations, far from ending in failure, achieved dazzling success.	Ses négociations, loin d'être un échec, remportèrent un succès retentissant.
His failure is, in a manner, our failure too.	Son échec est en quelque sorte aussi le nôtre.
My failure did not weaken my self-confidence.	Mon échec n'a pas affaibli la confiance que j'ai en moi.
Much controversy has followed over the blame for this failure.	De nombreuses controverses ont fait suite à la condamnation de cet échec.
They must come to terms with it and deal with that failure.	Ils doivent accepter et assimiler cet échec.
This failure further strengthened Elagabalus' army.	Cet échec a encore renforcé l'armée d'Héliogabale,.
The failure left the Cuban army dispirited and demoralized.	Son échec laisse l'armée cubaine découragée et démoralisée, ce qui provoque des désertions massives.
The next step requires taking responsibility and owning that failure.	L'étape suivante nécessite de prendre ses responsabilités et d'admettre cet échec.
We cannot afford another Seattle failure.	Nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre un nouvel échec après Seattle.
This failure was summarized by two American navy researchers.	Cet échec a été résumé par deux chercheurs de la marine américaine.
This scandal represents perhaps the biggest collective failure of mankind.	Ce scandale est probablement le plus gros échec collectif de l'humanité.