derail

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.
2. An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.
2. (intransitive) To come off the tracks.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To deviate from the previous course or direction.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.

Sinónimos

jump

derailing switch

fall off

go off the rails

derailing switch

on-off

run off

derailment

disjunctor

offtrack

circuit changer

getting-off the rails

disorbit

make-and-break key

be derailed

deviate

dislocate

dislodge

displace

Traducións

dérailler

entgleisen

descarrilhar

descarrilar

deragliare

descarrilar

far deragliare

εκτροχιάζω

descarrilar

faire dérailler

ontsporen

derailleren

إخرج عن السكة

descarrilarse

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˌdəˈɹeɪ.əl/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”). Analyzable as de- + rail.