désastre
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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.