calamity

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From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَلَاء (balāʔ) — event resulting in great loss
• Arabic: بُؤْس (buʔs) — event resulting in great loss
• Arabic: مُصِيبَة (muṣība) — event resulting in great loss
• Arabic: دَاهِيَة (dāhiya) — event resulting in great loss
• Arabic: داهية (dahya) — event resulting in great loss
• Armenian: աղետ (aġet) — event resulting in great loss
• Azerbaijani: faciə — event resulting in great loss
• Azerbaijani: fəlakət — event resulting in great loss
• Azerbaijani: müsibət — event resulting in great loss
• Belarusian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — event resulting in great loss
• Belarusian: бе́дства (bjédstva) — event resulting in great loss
• Belarusian: няшча́сце (njaščáscje) — event resulting in great loss
• Belarusian: няшча́сьце (njaščásʹcje) — event resulting in great loss
• Belarusian: бяда́ (bjadá) — event resulting in great loss
• Bulgarian: бе́дствие (bédstvie) — event resulting in great loss
• Bulgarian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — event resulting in great loss
• Catalan: calamitat — event resulting in great loss
• Chinese Mandarin: 災難 /灾难 (zāinàn) — event resulting in great loss
• Czech: kalamita — event resulting in great loss
• Czech: katastrofa — event resulting in great loss
• Czech: pohroma — event resulting in great loss
• Czech: neštěstí — event resulting in great loss
• Dutch: calamiteit — event resulting in great loss
• Esperanto: katastrofo — event resulting in great loss
• Esperanto: plago — event resulting in great loss
• Finnish: suuronnettomuus — event resulting in great loss
• French: calamité — event resulting in great loss
• Georgian: უბედურება (ubedureba) — event resulting in great loss
• German: Unheil — event resulting in great loss
• German: Kalamität — event resulting in great loss
• Greek: συμφορά (symforá) — event resulting in great loss
• Ancient Greek: περίπτωμα (períptōma) — event resulting in great loss
• Ancient Greek: πῆμα (pêma) — event resulting in great loss
• Ancient Greek: συμφορά (sumphorá) — event resulting in great loss
• Hindi: आपदा (āpdā) — event resulting in great loss
• Hindi: मुसीबत (musībat) — event resulting in great loss
• Hindi: आफ़त (āfat) — event resulting in great loss
• Hungarian: vész — event resulting in great loss
• Ido: kalamitato — event resulting in great loss
• Irish: anachain — event resulting in great loss
• Italian: calamità — event resulting in great loss
• Japanese: 災い (wazawai) — event resulting in great loss
• Japanese: 災難 (sainan) — event resulting in great loss
• Kazakh: апат (apat) — event resulting in great loss
• Korean: 재난 (jaenan) — event resulting in great loss
• Latin: calamitās — event resulting in great loss
• Macedonian: не́среќа (nésreḱa) — event resulting in great loss
• Macedonian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — event resulting in great loss
• Malayalam: ദുരന്തം (durantaṁ) — event resulting in great loss
• Norwegian Bokmål: kalamitet — event resulting in great loss
• Occitan: calamitat — event resulting in great loss
• Church Slavic: бѣдьство (bědĭstvo) — event resulting in great loss
• Oromo: balaa — event resulting in great loss
• Iranian Persian: بَلا (balâ) — event resulting in great loss
• Iranian Persian: مُصیبَت (mosibat) — event resulting in great loss
• Iranian Persian: فاجِعِه (fâje'e) — event resulting in great loss
• Iranian Persian: آفَت (âfat) — event resulting in great loss
• Plautdietsch: Onjlekj — event resulting in great loss
• Polish: nieszczęście — event resulting in great loss
• Polish: katastrofa — event resulting in great loss
• Polish: kataklizm — event resulting in great loss
• Polish: zagłada — event resulting in great loss
• Polish: klęska — event resulting in great loss
• Portuguese: calamidade — event resulting in great loss
• Romanian: flagel — event resulting in great loss
• Romanian: calamitate — event resulting in great loss
• Romanian: calamități — event resulting in great loss
• Russian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — event resulting in great loss
• Russian: бе́дствие (bédstvije) — event resulting in great loss
• Russian: несча́стье (nesčástʹje) — event resulting in great loss
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — event resulting in great loss
• Slovak: kalamita — event resulting in great loss
• Slovak: bieda — event resulting in great loss
• Slovak: nešťastie — event resulting in great loss
• Slovak: katastrofa — event resulting in great loss
• Slovak: pohroma — event resulting in great loss
• Spanish: calamidad — event resulting in great loss
• Swedish: katastrof — event resulting in great loss
• Swedish: tragedi — event resulting in great loss
• Swedish: olycka — event resulting in great loss
• Tagalog: kalamidad — event resulting in great loss
• Tajik: фалокат (falokat) — event resulting in great loss
• Tajik: фоҷиа (fojia) — event resulting in great loss
• Tajik: бало (balo) — event resulting in great loss
• Tajik: мусибат (musibat) — event resulting in great loss
• Tajik: офат (ofat) — event resulting in great loss
• Thai: หายนะ (hǎa-yá-ná) — event resulting in great loss
• Thai: วิบัติ (wí-bàt) — event resulting in great loss
• Turkish: bela — event resulting in great loss
• Turkish: musibet — event resulting in great loss
• Turkish: afet — event resulting in great loss
• Turkish: felaket — event resulting in great loss
• Ottoman Turkish: فاجعه (faciʼa) — event resulting in great loss
• Ottoman Turkish: غول (ğul) — event resulting in great loss
• Ukrainian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — event resulting in great loss
• Ukrainian: неща́стя (neščástja) — event resulting in great loss
• Ukrainian: біда́ (bidá) — event resulting in great loss
• Urdu: آفَت (āfat) — event resulting in great loss
• Urdu: مُصِیبَت (musībat) — event resulting in great loss
• Urdu: قِیَامَت (qiyāmat) — event resulting in great loss
• Uyghur: پاجىئە (paji'e) — event resulting in great loss
• Uzbek: fojia — event resulting in great loss
• Uzbek: falokat — event resulting in great loss
• Uzbek: dahshat — event resulting in great loss
• Uzbek: musibat — event resulting in great loss
• Vietnamese: tai hoạ — event resulting in great loss
• Volapük: damifät — event resulting in great loss
• Belarusian: бяда́ (bjadá) — distress that results from some disaster
• Belarusian: няшча́сце (njaščáscje) — distress that results from some disaster
• Belarusian: няшча́сьце (njaščásʹcje) — distress that results from some disaster
• Belarusian: го́ра (hóra) — distress that results from some disaster
• Bulgarian: неща́стие (neštástie) — distress that results from some disaster
• Chinese Mandarin: 災難 /灾难 (zāinàn) — distress that results from some disaster
• Finnish: suurtuho — distress that results from some disaster
• Japanese: 災い (wazawai) — distress that results from some disaster
• Japanese: 災厄 (saiyaku) — distress that results from some disaster
• Iranian Persian: گِرِفْتاری (gereftâri) — distress that results from some disaster
• Iranian Persian: بَدْبَخْتی (badbaxti) — distress that results from some disaster
• Portuguese: calamidade — distress that results from some disaster
• Romanian: calamitate — distress that results from some disaster
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — distress that results from some disaster
• Russian: несча́стье (nesčástʹje) — distress that results from some disaster
• Russian: бе́дствие (bédstvije) — distress that results from some disaster
• Russian: го́ре (góre) — distress that results from some disaster
• Ukrainian: біда́ (bidá) — distress that results from some disaster
• Ukrainian: неща́стя (neščástja) — distress that results from some disaster
• Ukrainian: го́ре (hóre) — distress that results from some disaster