"calamity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈlæmɪti/ Audio: en-us-calamity.ogg Forms: calamities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₂-}}, {{bor|en|frm|calamité}} Middle French calamité, {{der|en|la|calamitās||loss, damage; disaster}} Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} calamity (plural calamities)
  1. An event resulting in great loss. Translations (event resulting in great loss): περίπτωμα (períptōma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), πῆμα (pêma) [Epic, neuter] (Ancient Greek), بَلَاء (balāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), بُؤْس (buʔs) [masculine] (Arabic), مُصِيبَة (muṣība) [feminine] (Arabic), աղետ (aġet) (Armenian), faciə (Azerbaijani), fəlakət (Azerbaijani), müsibət (Azerbaijani), катастро́фа (katastrófa) [feminine] (Belarusian), бе́дства (bjédstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), няшча́сце (njaščáscje) [neuter] (Belarusian), бяда́ (bjadá) [feminine] (Belarusian), бе́дствие (bédstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), катастро́фа (katastrófa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), calamitat [feminine] (Catalan), 災難 (Chinese Mandarin), 灾难 (zāinàn) (Chinese Mandarin), бѣдьство (bědĭstvo) [Cyrillic, neuter] (Church Slavic), kalamita [feminine] (Czech), katastrofa [feminine] (Czech), pohroma [feminine] (Czech), neštěstí [neuter] (Czech), calamiteit [feminine] (Dutch), katastrofo (Esperanto), plago (Esperanto), suuronnettomuus (Finnish), calamité [feminine] (French), უბედურება (ubedureba) (Georgian), Unheil [neuter] (German), Kalamität [feminine] (German), συμφορά (symforá) [feminine] (Greek), आपदा (āpdā) [feminine] (Hindi), मुसीबत (musībat) [feminine] (Hindi), आफ़त (āfat) [feminine] (Hindi), vész (Hungarian), kalamitato (Ido), anachain [feminine] (Irish), calamità [feminine] (Italian), 災い (wazawai) (alt: わざわい) (Japanese), 災難 (sainan) (alt: さいなん) (Japanese), апат (apat) (Kazakh), 재난 (jaenan) (alt: 災難) (Korean), calamitās [feminine] (Latin), не́среќа (nésreḱa) [feminine] (Macedonian), катастро́фа (katastrófa) [feminine] (Macedonian), ദുരന്തം (durantaṁ) (Malayalam), kalamitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), calamitat [feminine] (Occitan), balaa (Oromo), غول (ğul) (Ottoman Turkish), بلا (balâ) (Persian), مصیبت (mosibat) (Persian), فاجعه (fâje'e) (Persian), آفت (âfat) (Persian), Onjlekj [neuter] (Plautdietsch), nieszczęście [neuter] (Polish), katastrofa [feminine] (Polish), calamidade [feminine] (Portuguese), flagel (Romanian), calamitate [feminine] (Romanian), calamități [feminine, plural] (Romanian), катастро́фа (katastrófa) [feminine] (Russian), бе́дствие (bédstvije) [neuter] (Russian), несча́стье (nesčástʹje) [neuter] (Russian), kalamita [feminine] (Slovak), bieda [feminine] (Slovak), nešťastie [neuter] (Slovak), katastrofa [feminine] (Slovak), pohroma [feminine] (Slovak), calamidad [feminine] (Spanish), katastrof (Swedish), tragedi (Swedish), olycka (Swedish), kalamidad (Tagalog), фалокат (falokat) (Tajik), фоҷиа (fojia) (Tajik), бало (balo) (Tajik), мусибат (musibat) (Tajik), офат (ofat) (Tajik), bela (Turkish), musibet (Turkish), afet (Turkish), felaket (Turkish), катастро́фа (katastrófa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), неща́стя (neščástja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), біда́ (bidá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), آفت (āfat) (Urdu), مُصِیبَت (musībat) [feminine] (Urdu), قِیَامَت (qiyāmat) [feminine] (Urdu), پاجىئە (paji'e) (Uyghur), fojia (Uzbek), falokat (Uzbek), dahshat (Uzbek), musibat (Uzbek), tai hoạ (Vietnamese), damifät (Volapük)
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  2. The distress that results from some disaster. Translations (distress that results from some disaster): неща́стие (neštástie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 災難 (Chinese Mandarin), 灾难 (zāinàn) (Chinese Mandarin), suurtuho (Finnish), 災い (wazawai) (alt: わざわい) (Japanese), 災厄 (saiyaku) (alt: さいやく) (Japanese), گرفتاری (gereftâri) (Persian), بدبختی (badbaxti) (Persian), calamidade [feminine] (Portuguese), calamitate [feminine] (Romanian), беда́ (bedá) [feminine] (Russian), несча́стье (nesčástʹje) [neuter] (Russian), бе́дствие (bédstvije) [neuter] (Russian), горе (gore) [neuter] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: calamitist, calamity howler, fiscalamity Related terms: calamitous, calamitously

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "わざわい",
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          "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
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          "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
          "word": "апат"
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
          "word": "재난"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pohroma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calamidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "katastrof"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "tragedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "olycka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "kalamidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "falokat",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "фалокат"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "fojia",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "фоҷиа"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "balo",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "бало"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "musibat",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "мусибат"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ofat",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "офат"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "bela"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "musibet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "afet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "felaket"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "katastrófa",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "катастро́фа"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neščástja",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неща́стя"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bidá",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "біда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "āfat",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "آفت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "musībat",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُصِیبَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qiyāmat",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قِیَامَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "paji'e",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "پاجىئە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "fojia"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "falokat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "dahshat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "musibat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "tai hoạ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "event resulting in great loss",
      "word": "damifät"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neštástie",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неща́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "word": "災難"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zāinàn",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "word": "灾难"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "word": "suurtuho"
    },
    {
      "alt": "わざわい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wazawai",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "word": "災い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいやく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saiyaku",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "word": "災厄"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gereftâri",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "word": "گرفتاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "badbaxti",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "word": "بدبختی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calamidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calamitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bedá",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "беда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesčástʹje",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "несча́стье"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bédstvije",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бе́дствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gore",
      "sense": "distress that results from some disaster",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "горе"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calamity"
}

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