disastro
See also: disastrò
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From dis- + Latin astrum (“star”); compare Piedmontese disastr.
Noun edit
disastro m (plural disastri)
- disaster
- Synonyms: catastrofe, sciagura
- a. 1677, Barbara Strozzi (lyrics and music), “Che si può fare”[1]:
- 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 edit
Descendants edit
- Middle French: desastre
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
disastro
Further reading edit
- disastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana