catastrophe

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈtæstɹəfi/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 T AE1 S T R AH0 F IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ), from καταστρέφω (katastréphō, “to overturn”), from κατά (katá, “down, against”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

206 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: katastrofë — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Albanian: fatkeqësi — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Arabic: كَارِثَة (kāriṯa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Arabic: فَاجِعَة (fājiʕa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Arabic: مُصِيبَة (muṣība) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Arabic: آفَة (ʔāfa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Armenian: աղետ (aġet) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Azerbaijani: faciə — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Azerbaijani: fəlakət — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Azerbaijani: müsibət — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Belarusian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Belarusian: бе́дства (bjédstva) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Bengali: দুর্যোগ (durjōg) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Bengali: আফত (aphot) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Bulgarian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Bulgarian: бе́дствие (bédstvie) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Burmese: ဘေးဆိုး (bhe:hcui:) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Catalan: catàstrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Chinese Cantonese: 災難 /灾难 (zoi1 naan6) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Chinese Cantonese: 災殃 /灾殃 (zoi1 joeng1) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Chinese Cantonese: 災害 /灾害 (zoi1 hoi6) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Chinese Cantonese: 災禍 /灾祸 (zoi1 wo6) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Chinese Mandarin: 災難 /灾难 (zāinàn) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Chinese Mandarin: 災殃 /灾殃 (zāiyāng) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Chinese Mandarin: 災害 /灾害 (zāihài) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Chinese Mandarin: 災禍 /灾祸 (zāihuò) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Czech: katastrofa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Danish: katastrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Dutch: catastrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Dutch: ramp — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Dutch: onheil — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Esperanto: katastrofo — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Estonian: katastroof — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Estonian: õnnetus — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Finnish: katastrofi — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• French: catastrophe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Galician: catástrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Georgian: კატასტროფა (ḳaṭasṭropa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• German: Katastrophe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• German: Unglück — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• German: Unheil — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Greek: καταστροφή (katastrofí) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Greek: όλεθρος (ólethros) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Ancient Greek: καταστροφή (katastrophḗ) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Haitian Creole: katastwòf — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Hebrew: קָטַסְטְרוֹפָה (katastrófa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Hebrew: אָסוֹן (asón) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Hindi: तबाही (tabāhī) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Hindi: आपदा (āpdā) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Hindi: आफ़त (āfat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Hindi: मुसीबत (musībat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Hungarian: katasztrófa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Hungarian: szerencsétlenség — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Icelandic: katastrófa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Ido: katastrofo — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Indonesian: bencana — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Indonesian: katastrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Irish: anachain — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Irish: eirleach — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Irish: matalang — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Irish: tubaiste — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Irish: turraing — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Italian: catastrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Japanese: 大災害 (daisaigai) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Japanese: 災難 (sainan) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Japanese: 災害 (saigai) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Japanese: 災殃 (saiō) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Kazakh: апат (apat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Kazakh: қирау (qirau) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Kazakh: алапат (alapat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Khmer: មហន្តរាយ (mĕəʼhɑntaʼraay) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Khmer: ភយូបទ្រព (phĕəʼyuupaʼtrup) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Khmer: ហាយនៈ (haayĕəʼnĕəʼ) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Khmer: ភយន្តរាយ (phĕəʼyŏəntaʼraay) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Korean: 재난 (jaenan) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Korean: 재앙 (jaeang) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Korean: 재해 (jaehae) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Northern Kurdish: karesat — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Northern Kurdish: mûsîbet — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Northern Kurdish: felaket — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Kyrgyz: катастрофа (katastrofa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Kyrgyz: кыйроо (kıyroo) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Kyrgyz: апаат (apaat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Lao: ພິບັດ (phi bat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Lao: ໄພພິບັດ (phai phi bat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Latin: calamitās — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Latin: catastropha — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Latvian: katastrofa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Latvian: nelaime — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Lithuanian: katastrofa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Lithuanian: nelaimė — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Macedonian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Malay: bencana — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Mongolian: аваар (avaar) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Mongolian: осол (osol) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Mongolian: гамшиг (gamšig) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Mongolian: сүйрэл (süjrel) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Mongolian: аюул (ajuul) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Norwegian Bokmål: katastrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: katastrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Occitan: catastròfa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Church Slavic: бѣдьство (bědĭstvo) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Pashto: فاجعه (fāje'a) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Pashto: آفت (āfát) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Pashto: مصيبت (mosibát) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Iranian Persian: فاجِعِه (fâje'e) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Iranian Persian: فَجایِع (fajâye') — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Iranian Persian: مُصیبَت (mosibat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Iranian Persian: آفَت (âfat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Polish: katastrofa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Polish: klęska — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Portuguese: catástrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Romanian: catastrofă — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Romanian: dezastru — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Russian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Russian: бе́дствие (bédstvije) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Serbo-Croatian: катастро́фа — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Serbo-Croatian: katastrófa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Sinhalese: ව්යසන (wyasana) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Slovak: katastrofa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Slovene: katastrofa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Spanish: catástrofe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Swedish: katastrof — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Tajik: садама (sadama) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Tajik: фалокат (falokat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Tajik: ҳалокат (halokat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Tajik: фоҷеа (fojea) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Tajik: фоҷиа (fojia) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Tajik: мусибат (musibat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Tajik: офат (ofat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Tatar: афәт (afät) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Thai: พิบัติ (pí-bàt) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Thai: ภัยพิบัติ (pai-pí-bàt) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Thai: มหันตภัย — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Turkish: felaket — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Turkish: facia — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Turkish: afet — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Ottoman Turkish: فاجعه (faciʼa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Ottoman Turkish: غول (ğul) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Turkmen: heläkçilik — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Turkmen: betbagtlyk — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Turkmen: betbagtçylyk — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Ukrainian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Ukrainian: бі́дство (bídstvo) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Ukrainian: ли́хо (lýxo) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Urdu: آفَت (āfat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Urdu: مُصِیبَت (musībat) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Urdu: تَباہی (tabāhī) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uyghur: پالاكەت (palaket) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uyghur: ھالاكەت (halaket) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uyghur: ئاپەت (apet) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uyghur: بەختسىزلىك (bextsizlik) — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uzbek: katastrofa — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uzbek: fojia — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uzbek: halokat — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uzbek: falokat — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uzbek: musibat — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uzbek: afat — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uzbek: ofat — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Uzbek: baxtsizlik — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Vietnamese: tai ương — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Vietnamese: tai họa lớn — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Vietnamese: thảm hoạ — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Volapük: katastrof — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Walloon: rascråwe — any large and disastrous event of great significance
• Arabic: نَكْبَة (nakba) — disaster beyond expectations
• Arabic: فَاجِعَة (fājiʕa) — disaster beyond expectations
• Belarusian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — disaster beyond expectations
• Bulgarian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — disaster beyond expectations
• Chinese Mandarin: 災難 /灾难 (zāinàn) — disaster beyond expectations
• Czech: katastrofa — disaster beyond expectations
• Danish: katastrofe — disaster beyond expectations
• Finnish: katastrofi — disaster beyond expectations
• Georgian: კატასტროფა (ḳaṭasṭropa) — disaster beyond expectations
• German: Katastrophe — disaster beyond expectations
• Greek: καταστροφή (katastrofí) — disaster beyond expectations
• Indonesian: katastrofe — disaster beyond expectations
• Italian: catastrofe — disaster beyond expectations
• Norwegian Bokmål: katastrofe — disaster beyond expectations
• Norwegian Nynorsk: katastrofe — disaster beyond expectations
• Iranian Persian: فاجِعِه (fâje'e) — disaster beyond expectations
• Iranian Persian: فَجایِع (fajâye') — disaster beyond expectations
• Portuguese: catástrofe — disaster beyond expectations
• Romanian: catastrofă — disaster beyond expectations
• Russian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — disaster beyond expectations
• Swedish: katastrof — disaster beyond expectations
• Turkish: felaket — disaster beyond expectations
• Ottoman Turkish: فاجعه (faciʼa) — disaster beyond expectations
• Ottoman Turkish: غول (ğul) — disaster beyond expectations
• Ukrainian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — disaster beyond expectations
• Vietnamese: thảm họa — disaster beyond expectations
• Volapük: katastrof — disaster beyond expectations
• Bulgarian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Catalan: catàstrofe — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Czech: katastrofa — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Finnish: katastrofi — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• German: Katastrophe — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Greek: έκβαση (ékvasi) — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Indonesian: katastrofe — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Irish: catastróf — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Italian: catastrofe — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Romanian: deznodământ — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Spanish: catástrofe — Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot
• Czech: katastrofa — mathematics: type of bifurcation
• Finnish: katastrofi — mathematics: type of bifurcation
• Italian: catastrofe — mathematics: type of bifurcation