désastre
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See also: desastre
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dés- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro (literally “bad star”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]désastre m (plural désastres)
- disaster
- Synonym: catastrophe
- bankruptcy, breakup
- Synonym: faillite
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “désastre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.