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Detailed Translations for disaster from English to French

disaster:

disaster [the ~] nom

  1. the disaster (calamity; accident; adversity; )
    la catastrophe; le malheur; la calamité; le désastre; la mésaventure
  2. the disaster (danger; trouble)
    le danger; le risque; la catastrophe; la menace; le péril; le désastre
  3. the disaster (catastrophe; calamity)
    le désastre; la catastrophe; la misère; la calamité
  4. the disaster (necessity; need; destitution; adversity)
    la nécessité; l'indigence; la pauvreté; l'adversité; la détresse; la misère

Translation Matrix for disaster:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
adversité adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need adverse wind; adversity; bad luck; contrary wind; misfortune; reverse; trouble
calamité accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; catastrophe; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble adversity; bad luck; calamity; catastrophe; fatality; misfortune; reverse; trouble
catastrophe accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; catastrophe; danger; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble adversity; bad luck; calamity; catastrophe; fatality; misfortune; reverse; trouble
danger danger; disaster; trouble adversity; bad luck; danger; misfortune; reverse; threat; trouble
désastre accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; catastrophe; danger; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble adversity; bad luck; fatality; misfortune; reverse; trouble
détresse adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need adversity; bad luck; dejection; depression; grief; helplessness; melancholy; misfortune; mournfulness; need; regret; reverse; sadness; sorrow; trouble; wistfulness
indigence adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need apathy; crisis; destitution; dullness; emergency situation; indigentness; listlessness; need; neediness; of limited means; poorness; state of emergency; tepidness
malheur accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble adversity; alarm; annoyance; anxiety; bad luck; blows; chagrin; concern; disasters; distress; grief; misery; misfortune; misfortunes; punches; reverse; sadness; sorrow; squalor; trouble; uneasiness; vexation; worry
menace danger; disaster; trouble menace; threat
misère adversity; calamity; catastrophe; destitution; disaster; necessity; need adversity; bad condition; bad luck; blows; dearth; deficiency; destitution; disasters; discomforts; famine; grief; hardship; helplessness; hollowness; lack; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; miserable condition; misery; misfortune; misfortunes; need; needyness; parsimony; paucity; penury; poor situation; poorness; poverty; problems; punches; reverse; sadness; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; skinniness; slenderness; sorrow; sparsity; squalor; thinness; tightness; trouble; troubles; want
mésaventure accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble
nécessité adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need depravedness; destituteness; destitution; elementary matter; emergency; essential; harbourless; indigentness; necessity; need; neediness; of limited means; poorness; seediness; shabbiness
pauvreté adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need dearth; depravedness; destituteness; destitution; famine; frugality; fumblingness; harbourless; hardship; hollowness; indigentness; lack; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; need; neediness; needyness; of limited means; parsimony; paucity; penury; plainness; poorness; poverty; scantiness; scarcity; seediness; shabbiness; shortage; simpleness; simplicity; skinniness; skinnyness; slenderness; sobriety; sparsity; thinness; tightness; want
péril danger; disaster; trouble danger; insecurity; perilousness; precariousness; threat; trouble
risque danger; disaster; trouble beezer; bold venture; gamble; hazardous business; hazardous undertaking; risk; risky enterprise; risky undertaking; risky venture; shot; threat; venture; wager
- calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; tragedy

Synonyms for "disaster":


Related Definitions for "disaster":

  1. an act that has disastrous consequences1
  2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune1
    • the earthquake was a disaster1
  3. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune1
    • his policies were a disaster1

Wiktionary Translations for disaster:

disaster
noun
  1. unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.
  2. unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.
disaster
noun
  1. (familier, fr) échec complet, défaite cuisante.
  2. malheur public qui se répandre sur une contrée, sur une ville.
  3. événement funeste ; grand malheur ; les effets qui en résulter.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
disaster désastre ramp — een grote catastrofale gebeurtenis met ernstige gevolgen
disaster désastre; malheur onheil — groot ongeluk
disaster avarie Havarie — großes Schadensereignis (speziell im Verkehrswesen) wie Transportmittelunfall oder Güterschaden
disaster désastre; malheur; fatalité Verhängnis — ein Ereignis oder ein Zusammenwirken verschiedener Ereignisse, wodurch eine ungünstige Wendung des Schicksals herbeigeführt wird

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