calamity
An event resulting in great lossAn event resulting in great loss.
» A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
Durch reines Glück wurde eine Katastrophe vermieden. — freddy1
Катастрофы удалось избежать по чистой случайности. — odexed
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2 sensesAn event resulting in great loss.
Unheil, Kalamität
катастро́фаkatastrófa, бе́дствиеbédstvije, несча́стьеnesčástʹje
катастро́фаkatastrófa, неща́стяneščástja, біда́bidá
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
The distress that results from some disaster.
беда́bedá, несча́стьеnesčástʹje, бе́дствиеbédstvije
біда́bidá, неща́стяneščástja, го́реhóre
Examples
16 sentencesA calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
ruКатастрофы удалось избежать по чистой случайности. — odexed
deDurch reines Glück wurde eine Katastrophe vermieden. — freddy1
Serious calamities struck him his whole life.
He prophesied that a dreadful calamity would happen.
The anticipation is always worse than the calamity.
ruСтрашна беда, пока не пришла. — shanghainese
deDie Vorahnung ist immer schlechter als das Unglück selbst. — Esperantostern
Morocco is dealing with a cocktail of calamities.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).
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Forms
plural: calamities| Singular | calamity |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- an event resulting in great loss and misfortune:catastrophedisastertragedycataclysm
Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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