fiasco

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian fiasco (bottle, flask), from Late Latin flasca, flascō (bottle, container), from Frankish *flaskā (bottle, flask) from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (bottle); see flask. “Failure” sense comes through French faire fiasco from Italian theatrical slang far fiasco (literally to make a bottle), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an expression fare il fiasco, meaning to play a game with the forfeit that the loser will buy the next bottle or round of drinks.[1] Doublet of flacon, flagon, and flask.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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A fiasco of Chianti (sense 3)

fiasco (plural fiascos or fiascoes)

  1. A sudden or unexpected failure.
  2. A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
    Synonym: debacle
  3. A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

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See also

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  • fiasci (hypercorrect plural)
  • fiaschi (Italianate plural; often considered pedantic)

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fiasco”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian fiasco.

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Noun

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fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco (situation)

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of flacon and flasque.

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Noun

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fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco (situation)
  2. fiasco (bottle)

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin flascō, flasca (bottle, container), from Old Frankish *flaska (bottle, flask), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (bottle), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (to plait), from Proto-Indo-European *plek- (to weave, braid). Akin to Old High German flasca (flask), Old English flasce, flaxe (bottle). Doublet of flacone. More at flask.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fiasco m (plural fiaschi)

  1. flask
  2. fiasco
  3. flagon
  4. (figurative) debacle, failure
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Descendants

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  • Danish: fiasko
  • English: fiasco
  • French: fiasco
  • Polish: fiasko
  • Portuguese: fiasco
  • Spanish: fiasco
  • Swedish: fiasko
  • Turkish: fiyasko

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian fiasco,[1] from Late Latin flascō. Doublet of frasco.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈas.ku/ [fɪˈas.ku], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjas.ku/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fiˈaʃ.ku/ [fɪˈaʃ.ku], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjaʃ.ku/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈas.ko/ [fɪˈas.ko], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjas.ko/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku
  • Hyphenation: fi‧as‧co

Noun

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fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco (ludicrous or humiliating situation)
    Synonym: fracasso

See also

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References

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  1. ^ fiasco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of flacon.

Noun

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fiasco n (uncountable)

  1. fiasco.

Declension

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of frasco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfjasko/ [ˈfjas.ko]
  • Rhymes: -asko
  • Syllabification: fias‧co

Noun

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fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco
    Synonym: fracaso

Further reading

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