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 (Paris):

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• Homophone: désastres

Noun

désastre m (plural désastres)

1. disaster

   Synonym: catastrophe

2. 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