désastre
See also: desastre
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian disastro (literally “bad star”), with Frenchification of the prefix; see dés- and astre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
désastre m (plural désastres)
- disaster
- Synonym: catastrophe
- bankruptcy, breakup
- Synonym: faillite
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “désastre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.