Failure in Hebrew is כִּשָּׁלוֹן (kishalón).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
כִּשָּׁלוֹן
kishalón
noun · masculine
In English
failure
/ˈfeɪ.ljə/ /ˈfeɪl.jəɹ/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for failure as a noun.
state or condition opposite of success
- כִּשָּׁלוֹןכישלוןkishalónmasculineIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word כִּשָּׁלוֹן.
- Written with vowel points
- כִּשָּׁלוֹן
- Written without vowel points
- כישלון
- Said
- kishalón
- Plural
- כישלונות
The Hebrew dictionary's page for כישלון, with its synonyms and rhymes
These words come before and after failure in the list.
These are the questions people ask about failure in Hebrew.
How do you say failure in Hebrew?
failure in Hebrew is כִּשָּׁלוֹן, said kishalón. Without vowel points it is written כישלון. Its plural is כישלונות.
Is כישלון masculine or feminine?
The word כישלון is masculine.
How is failure pronounced in English?
failure is pronounced /ˈfeɪ.ljə/, /ˈfeɪl.jəɹ/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry failure and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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