fiasco

Signification (Anglais)

1. A sudden or unexpected failure.
2. A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
3. A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Concepts

fiasco

échec

débâcle

compromission

insuccès

fiasque

Synonymes

failure

debacle

flop

disaster

complete failure

total failure

collapse

abortion

misfortune

upheaval

washout

rice-cake painting

something of little value

shame

fizzle

catastrophe

convulsion

discredit

disgrace

disrepute

calamity

train wreck

turkey

Traductions

fiasco

fiasco

fracaso

Fiasko

fiasco

debâcle

fiyasko

echec

flop

fiasco

φιάσκο

fiasco

mislukking

fracasso

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fiˈæs.kəʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Italian fiasco (“bottle, flask”), from Late Latin flasca, flascō (“bottle, container”), from Frankish *flaskā (“bottle, flask”) from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”); see flask. “Failure” sense comes through French faire fiasco from Italian theatrical slang far fiasco (literally “to make a bottle”), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an expression fare il fiasco, meaning to play a game with the forfeit that the loser will buy the next bottle or round of drinks. Doublet of flacon, flagon, and flask.