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dérailler
01
to derail, to go off track
sortir de la voie ou dévier de la norme
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Movement verb
Auxiliary verb
avoir
1st person singular
déraille
1st person plural
déraillons
Future 1st person
déraillerai
Present participle
déraillant
Past participle
déraillé
Imperfect 1st person plural
déraillions
Examples
Le projet a déraillé aprÚs plusieurs erreurs de management.
The project derailed after several management mistakes.
02
to go off the rails, to lose one's mind
perdre la raison ou agir de maniĂšre irrationnelle
Examples
Il déraille en parlant de ses théories étranges.
He loses his mind talking about his strange theories.
03
to malfunction, to go wrong
ne pas fonctionner correctement, ĂȘtre dĂ©fectueux
Examples
Le projet a déraillé à cause d' un manque de planification.
The project went wrong due to a lack of planning.
