désastre

== French == === Etymology === From dés- +‎ astre, a calque of Italian disastro (literally “bad star”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.zastʁ/ Homophone: désastres === Noun === désastre m (plural désastres) disaster Synonym: catastrophe bankruptcy, breakup Synonym: faillite ==== Related terms ==== désastreux ==== Descendants ==== → English: disaster → German: Desaster → German: Unstern (calque) Haitian Creole: dezas → Romanian: dezastru === Further reading === “désastre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === désertas