"désastre" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /de.zastʁ/ Audio: Fr-désastre.ogg Forms: désastres [plural]
Etymology: From dés- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro (literally “bad star”). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|dés-|astre}} dés- + astre, {{calque|fr|it|disastro|lit=bad star|nocap=1}} calque of Italian disastro (literally “bad star”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} désastre m (plural désastres)
  1. disaster Tags: masculine Synonyms: catastrophe
    Sense id: en-désastre-fr-noun-avMI1a1w Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with dés-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with dés-: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. bankruptcy, breakup Tags: masculine Synonyms: faillite
    Sense id: en-désastre-fr-noun-MUfimOkq Categories (other): French terms prefixed with dés- Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with dés-: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: désastreux

Inflected forms

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        }
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          "word": "faillite"
        }
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