catastrophe
Any large and disastrous event of great significanceAny large and disastrous event of great significance.
» It was a catastrophe for me.
Для меня это была катастрофа.
Для мене це була катастрофа.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophe.
Katastrophe, Unglück, Unheil
катастро́фаkatastrófa, бе́дствиеbédstvije
катастро́фаkatastrófa, бі́дствоbídstvo, ли́хоlýxo
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
(countable, uncountable)A disaster beyond expectations.
Katastrophe
катастро́фаkatastrófa
катастро́фаkatastrófa
(countable, uncountable)The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.
Katastrophe
(countable, uncountable)A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.
Examples
48 sentencesIt was a catastrophe for me.
Для мене це була катастрофа.
ruДля меня это была катастрофа.
This is a catastrophe.
Це катастрофа.
ruЭто катастрофа.
deDas ist eine Katastrophe.
Life is a catastrophe without you.
Без вас життя - це катастрофа.
ruЖизнь без тебя — катастрофа.
What a catastrophe!
Яка катастрофа!
ruКакая катастрофа!
deWas für eine Katastrophe!
Unfortunately, few passengers survived the catastrophe.
ruК сожалению, малая часть пассажиров пережила катастрофу.
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ), from καταστρέφω (katastréphō, “to overturn”),From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ), from καταστρέφω (katastréphō, “to overturn”), from κατά (katá, “down, against”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).
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Forms
plural: catastrophes| Singular | catastrophe |
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Synonyms
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28 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable