different between failure vs alopecia

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /?fe?l.j?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fe?l.j?/

Noun

failure (countable and uncountable, plural failures)

1. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
2. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
3. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
4. Bankruptcy.

Synonyms

• (person incapable of success): loser

Antonyms

• (state or condition): success, triumph

Derived terms

• ground failure
• power failure

Related terms

• fail

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• alopecy (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alopecia, from the Ancient Greek ???????? (al?pekía, “fox-mange”), from ?????? (al?p?x, “fox”) + -ia, (a formative ending used in Ancient Greek, especially used in naming diseases)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æl.???pi?.??/
• (US) enPR: ?l'-?-p?"-sh?, ?l'-?-p?"-s?-?, IPA^(key): /ælo??pi?.?(i)?/, /ælo??pi?.si.?/
• Rhymes: -i???

Noun

alopecia (countable and uncountable, plural alopecias)

1. Baldness.
2. (pathology) Deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth.
3. (medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, which either happens naturally or is caused by disease.

Derived terms

Related terms

• alopecic

Translations

See also

• hypotrichosis

Italian

Etymology

From Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (al?pekía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lo.pe?t??i.a/, /a.lo?p?.t??a/
• Rhymes: -ia, -?t?a
• Hyphenation: a?lo?pe?cìa, a?lo?pè?cia

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecie)

1. (pathology) alopecia

   Synonym: calvizie

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alopécia

Etymology

From Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (al?pekía).

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. (pathology) alopecia (loss of hair)

   Synonym: queda

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (al?pekía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alo?pe?ja/, [a.lo?pe.?ja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alo?pesja/, [a.lo?pe.sja]
• Hyphenation: a?lo?pe?cia

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. alopecia

Further reading

• “alopecia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.