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je déraille

goes off the rails, goes haywire, derails

→ dérailler
dé undo, remove, or reverse + raill railway track + e present or subjunctive form for je/il/elle; tu command
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #43,514
goes off the rails, goes haywire
FR: La conversation déraille.
EN: The conversation is going off the rails.
derails
FR: Le train déraille près de la gare.
EN: The train derails near the station.
Conjugation of dérailler
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First déraille —
Third déraille —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First déraille —
Third déraille —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second déraille —

MOSS déraille peut-être.

MOSS might be malfunctioning.

— The Wandering Earth (2019)

L'accordéon déraille.

The accordion is out of tune.

— Diva (1981)

Il déraille totalement.

He's completely off the rails.

Elle déraille.

She’s losing it.

— Tesis (1996)

La société déraille.

Society is going off the rails.

Ma machine déraille encore.

My machine is malfunctioning again.

— Tár (2022)