"fiasco" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fiˈæs.kəʊ/ Audio: En-us-fiasco.ogg , en-au-fiasco.ogg Forms: fiascos [plural], fiascoes [plural]
Etymology: 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. Doublet of flacon, flagon, and flask. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|fiasco||bottle, flask}} Italian fiasco (“bottle, flask”), {{der|en|LL.|flasca}} Late Latin flasca, {{der|en|frk|*flaskā||bottle, flask}} Frankish *flaskā (“bottle, flask”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*flaskǭ||bottle}} Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”), {{der|en|fr|faire fiasco}} French faire fiasco, {{doublet|en|flacon|flagon|flask}} Doublet of flacon, flagon, and flask Head templates: {{en-noun|s|fiascoes}} fiasco (plural fiascos or fiascoes)
  1. A sudden or unexpected failure.
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  2. A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong. Synonyms: debacle Translations (ludicrous or humiliating situation): διατροπή (diatropḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), фиа́ско (fiásko) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fiasco [masculine] (Catalan), fiasko [neuter] (Czech), fiasko [common-gender] (Danish), fiasko (Esperanto), fuŝafero (Esperanto), fiasko (Finnish), fiasco [masculine] (French), Fiasko [neuter] (German), φιάσκο (fiásko) [neuter] (Greek), fiaskó (Hungarian), fíaskó [neuter] (Icelandic), fiasco [masculine] (Italian), わや (waya) (Japanese), fiasks [masculine] (Latvian), фија́ско (fijásko) [neuter] (Macedonian), hanepītanga (Maori), fiasko [masculine] (Norwegian), fiasko [neuter] (Polish), klęska [feminine] (Polish), poruta [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), fiasco [masculine] (Portuguese), fracasso [masculine] (Portuguese), фиа́ско (fiásko) (Russian), фијаско [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fijasko [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fiasko [masculine] (Slovak), fiasko [masculine] (Slovene), fiasco [masculine] (Spanish), fracaso [masculine] (Spanish), fiasko [neuter] (Swedish), pannkaka [colloquial, common-gender] (Swedish), fiyasko (Turkish), фиа́ско (fyásko) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  3. A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.
    Sense id: en-fiasco-en-noun-4O3UuIxh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fiasci [hypercorrect, plural], fiaschi (english: Italianate plural; often considered pedantic)

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      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фиа́ско"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fiasco"
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      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fiasko"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fiasko"
    },
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      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "word": "fiasko"
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      "word": "fuŝafero"
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      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "word": "fiasko"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fiasco"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Fiasko"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fiásko",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "φιάσκο"
    },
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      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "διατροπή"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "word": "fiaskó"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fíaskó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiasco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "waya",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "word": "わや"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiasks"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "fijásko",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "фија́ско"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "word": "hanepītanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiasko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fiasko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klęska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poruta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiasco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fracasso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fiásko",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "word": "фиа́ско"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фијаско"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fijasko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiasko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiasko"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiasco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fracaso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fiasko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pannkaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "word": "fiyasko"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fyásko",
      "sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фиа́ско"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fiasco"
}

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