derailment

English

Etymology

From French déraillement.

Noun

derailment (countable and uncountable, plural derailments)

(rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs
(psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.

Translations

action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs

Chinese:
Mandarin: 出軌 (zh), 出轨 (zh) (chūguǐ)
Czech: vykolejení n
Dutch: ontsporing (nl)
Finnish: raiteilta suistuminen
French: déraillement (fr) m
German: Entgleisung (de) f
Hungarian: kisiklasztás, kisiklás
Italian: deragliamento (it) m

Japanese: 脱線 (だっせん, dassen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avsporing m or f

Nynorsk: avsporing f
Portuguese: descarrilamento m
Russian: сход с ре́льсов m (sxod s rélʹsov), круше́ние (ru) n (krušénije)
Spanish: descarrilamiento (es)
Swedish: urspårning (sv) c

Anagrams

delirament, terminaled

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