desastre

Meaning

disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Concepts

disaster

catastrophe

tragedy

accident

calamity

debacle

misfortune

cataclysm

hecatomb

meltdown

misery

undoing

natural disaster

crash

buskin

Synonyms

catástrofe

tragédia

catástrofes

flagelo

calamidade

cataclismo

catástrofes naturais

Translations

désastre

disastro

desastre

desastre

catastrophe

tragedia

ramp

tragèdia

τραγωδία

Tragödie

calamità

καταστροφή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deˈzas.tɾi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French: desastre

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.