désastre

See also: desastre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian disastro (literally “bad star”), with Frenchification of the prefix; see dés- and astre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.zastʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: désastres

Noun

désastre m (plural désastres)

disaster
Synonym: catastrophe
bankruptcy, breakup
Synonym: faillite

Related terms

désastreux

Descendants

→ English: disaster
→ German: Desaster
→ German: Unstern (calque)
→ Romanian: dezastru

Further reading

“désastre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

désertas

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