disastrous

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• US: /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/
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From disaster + -ous, after Middle French desastreux (modern French désastreux; from desastre (modern French désastre, “disaster”; from des- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro) + -eux), itself after Italian disastroso, from disastro + -oso, from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin dis-) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)).

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бедствен (bedstven) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Bulgarian: катастрофален (katastrofalen) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Catalan: desastrós — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Chinese Mandarin: 灾难的 — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Dutch: rampzalig — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Dutch: catastrofaal — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Dutch: rampspoedig — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Esperanto: katastrofa — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Finnish: tuhoisa — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• French: désastreux — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Galician: desastroso — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• German: desaströs — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• German: katastrophal — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• German: verheerend — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Greek: καταστροφικός (katastrofikós) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Hungarian: súlyos — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Hungarian: katasztrofális — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Icelandic: hrapallegur — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Japanese: 忌まわしい (imawashii) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Korean: 재난의 (jaenanui) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Korean: 처참하다 (cheochamhada) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Latin: calamitōsus — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Macedonian: погубен (poguben) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Macedonian: катастрофален (katastrofalen) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Portuguese: desastroso — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Russian: бе́дственный (bédstvennyj) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Russian: ги́бельный (gíbelʹnyj) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Russian: катастрофи́ческий (katastrofíčeskij) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̏тастрофа̄лан — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Serbo-Croatian: kȁtastrofālan — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Spanish: desastroso — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Swedish: ödesdiger — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Swedish: katastrofal — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Thai: หายนะ (hǎa-yá-ná) — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Turkish: feci — of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
• Bulgarian: пагубен (paguben) — foreboding disaster; ill-omened
• Chinese Mandarin: 灾难性的 — foreboding disaster; ill-omened
• Dutch: onheilspellend — foreboding disaster; ill-omened
• Dutch: sinister — foreboding disaster; ill-omened
• Finnish: pahaenteinen — foreboding disaster; ill-omened
• German: verhängnisvoll — foreboding disaster; ill-omened
• Hungarian: baljós — foreboding disaster; ill-omened
• Japanese: 忌まわしい (imawashii) — foreboding disaster; ill-omened
• Russian: па́губный (págubnyj) — foreboding disaster; ill-omened