No. 1,651 in French
échec
"Échec" means "failure" or "check" (in chess) in English.
In a sentence
L'échec est une opportunité d'apprendre et de grandir.
Failure is an opportunity to learn and grow.
Here, 'échec' represents the concept of failure as a general idea or phenomenon.
Son échec au concours l'a beaucoup affecté.
His failure in the exam affected him greatly.
In this context, 'échec' is used to refer to a specific instance of not succeeding, in this case, an exam.
Ils ont joué aux échecs durant toute l'après-midi.
They played chess throughout the entire afternoon.
Here, 'échecs' is being used in its plural form to refer to the game of chess.
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