échouer

== French == === Etymology === Uncertain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.ʃwe/ Rhymes: -we === Verb === échouer to fail, fall through, miscarry (informal) to end, wind up Ils échouaient criblés de dettes. ― They ended up in mountains of debt. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to ground, run aground (voluntarily) to beach ==== Usage notes ==== Because of the similarity of their first syllables, échec (“failure”) is often treated as the noun form of échouer, but in fact the two words are unrelated. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== échouage === Further reading === “échouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === chourée