disastro

See also: disastrò

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /diˈza.stro/
Rhymes: -astro
Hyphenation: di‧sà‧stro

Etymology 1

From dis- +‎ Latin astrum (“star”); compare Piedmontese disastr.

Noun

disastro m (plural disastri)

disaster
Synonyms: catastrofe, sciagura
- a. 1677, Barbara Strozzi (lyrics and music), “Che si può fare”‎:
  Che si può dire? / Da gl'astri disastri / Mi piovano ogn'hor
  What can you say? / From the heavens disasters / keep raining down on me

Derived terms

disastroso

Descendants

Middle French: desastre
- → English: disaster
- French: désastre
  - → English: disaster
  - → German: Desaster
  - → German: Unstern (calque)
  - → Romanian: dezastru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

disastro

first-person singular present indicative of disastrare

Further reading

disastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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