see|Disaster
English
Etymology
From Italian disastro, disaster; originally meaning "unfavourable to one's stars", from dis-#Italian|dis-, bad (compare dys-), + astro, star, celestial body, from Latin astrum, from Greek astron.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-disaster.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��st�(r)|-��st�(r)
Noun
en-noun
- An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
- An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
#:The downpour and gales turned the wedding into a disaster.
- computing An irreparable loss of data from a database.
Translations
trans-top|unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.
Dutch: t+|nl|ramp|c
Finnish: t-|fi|onnettomuus, t-|fi|katastrofi
French: t+|fr|désastre|m
German: t-|de|Disaster|n
Greek: t|el|κα�α���ο�ή|f|sc=Grek
Hebrew: �ס�� (ason) m
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|disastro|m
Japanese �害 (����, saigai), 天� (����, tensai), �� (���, sanji)
Spanish: t-|es|desastre|m
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trans-top|unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.
Dutch: t+|nl|ramp|c
Finnish: t-|fi|onnettomuus, t-|fi|katastrofi
French: t+|fr|désastre|m
German: t-|de|Disaster|n
Hebrew: �ס�� (ason) m
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|disastro|m
Japanese �� (����, sainan)
Kurdish: KUchar|�������ا�
Portuguese: t+|pt|desastre|m
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trans-top|irreparable loss of data from a database
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