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natural disaster

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event.

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Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: natuurramp — natural phenomenon
  • Arabic: كارثة طبيعية — natural phenomenon
  • Armenian: տարերային աղետ (tarerayin aġet) — natural phenomenon
  • Armenian: բնական աղետ (bnakan aġet) — natural phenomenon
  • Asturian: desastre natural — natural phenomenon
  • Azerbaijani: təbii fəlakət — natural phenomenon
  • Bashkir: тәбиғәт һәләкәте (təbiğət hələkəte) — natural phenomenon
  • Basque: hondamen natural — natural phenomenon
  • Belarusian: стыхійнае бедства (styxijnaje bjedstva) — natural phenomenon
  • Bengali: প্রাকৃতিক দুর্যোগ (prakritik durjōg) — natural phenomenon
  • Bulgarian: приро́дно бе́дствие (priródno bédstvie) — natural phenomenon
  • Burmese: သဘာဝဘေးအန္တရာယ် (sa.bhawa.bhe:anta.ray) — natural phenomenon
  • Catalan: catàstrofe natural — natural phenomenon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自然災害 /自然灾害 (zìrán zāihài) — natural phenomenon
  • Danish: naturkatastrofe — natural phenomenon
  • Dutch: natuurgeweld — natural phenomenon
  • Dutch: natuurramp — natural phenomenon
  • Esperanto: naturkatastrofo — natural phenomenon
  • Estonian: loodusõnnetus — natural phenomenon
  • Faroese: náttúruvanlukka — natural phenomenon
  • Finnish: luonnonmullistus — natural phenomenon
  • French: désastre naturel — natural phenomenon
  • French: catastrophe naturelle — natural phenomenon
  • West-Frisian: natoerramp — natural phenomenon
  • Galician: catástrofe natural — natural phenomenon
  • Georgian: სტიქიური უბედურება (sṭikiuri ubedureba) — natural phenomenon
  • Georgian: ბუნებრივი კატაკლიზმა (bunebrivi ḳaṭaḳlizma) — natural phenomenon
  • German: Naturkatastrophe — natural phenomenon
  • Greek: φυσική καταστροφή (fysikí katastrofí) — natural phenomenon
  • Greek: θεομηνία (theominía) — natural phenomenon
  • Haitian Creole: desas natirèl — natural phenomenon
  • Hebrew: אסון טבע — natural phenomenon
  • Hindi: प्राकृतिक आपदा (prākŕtik āpdā) — natural phenomenon
  • Hungarian: természeti katasztrófa — natural phenomenon
  • Interlingua: disastro natural — natural phenomenon
  • Italian: disastro naturale — natural phenomenon
  • Japanese: 自然災害 (shizen saigai) — natural phenomenon
  • Kannada: ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ವಿಕೋಪ (naisargika vikōpa) — natural phenomenon
  • Lithuanian: stichinė nelaimė — natural phenomenon
  • Macedonian: природна катастрофа (prirodna katastrofa) — natural phenomenon
  • Malayalam: പ്രകൃതിക്ഷോഭം (prakr̥tikṣōbhaṁ) — natural phenomenon
  • Marathi: नैसर्गिक संकट (naisargik saṅkaṭ) — natural phenomenon
  • Mongolian: байгалийн гамшиг (bajgaliin gamšig) — natural phenomenon
  • Nepali: प्राकृतिक प्रकोप (prākr̥tik prakop) — natural phenomenon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naturkatastrofe — natural phenomenon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: naturkatastrofe — natural phenomenon
  • Occitan: catastròfa naturala — natural phenomenon
  • Pashto: طبيعي ناورين — natural phenomenon
  • Polish: klęska żywiołowa — natural phenomenon
  • Polish: katastrofa naturalna — natural phenomenon
  • Polish: kataklizm — natural phenomenon
  • Portuguese: desastre natural — natural phenomenon
  • Punjabi: ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਬਾਹੀ (kudratī tabāhī) — natural phenomenon
  • Punjabi: قدرتی تباہی (qdrtī tbāhī) — natural phenomenon
  • Romanian: dezastru natural — natural phenomenon
  • Russian: стихи́йное бе́дствие (stixíjnoje bédstvije) — natural phenomenon
  • Serbo-Croatian: prirodna katastrofa — natural phenomenon
  • Sindhi: قدرتي آفت (qdrte āft) — natural phenomenon
  • Slovak: živelná pohroma — natural phenomenon
  • Slovene: naravna katastrofa — natural phenomenon
  • Spanish: desastre natural — natural phenomenon
  • Swahili: maafa asilia — natural phenomenon
  • Swedish: naturkatastrof — natural phenomenon
  • Tagalog: likas na sakuna — natural phenomenon
  • Tamil: இயற்கைப்பேரழிவு (iyaṟkaippēraḻivu) — natural phenomenon
  • Thai: ภัยธรรมชาติ — natural phenomenon
  • Ukrainian: стихійне лихо (styxijne lyxo) — natural phenomenon
  • Urdu: قدرتی آفت — natural phenomenon
  • Uzbek: tabiiy ofat — natural phenomenon
  • Vietnamese: thảm hoạ thiên nhiên — natural phenomenon
  • Vietnamese: thiên tai — natural phenomenon
  • Welsh: trychineb naturiol — natural phenomenon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自然災害 /自然灾害 (zìrán zāihài) — emergency situation
  • Danish: naturkatastrofe — emergency situation
  • Finnish: luonnonkatastrofi — emergency situation
  • Greek: φυσική καταστροφή (fysikí katastrofí) — emergency situation
  • Hungarian: természeti katasztrófa — emergency situation
  • Italian: disastro naturale — emergency situation
  • Japanese: 自然災害 (shizen saigai) — emergency situation
  • Polish: stan klęski żywiołowej — emergency situation