Disaster

//dɪˈzæs.tɚ//

Synonyms for "disaster" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Strong matches (27)

Noun(2 words)
armageddoncataclysm

Related words (44)

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Translations

231 translations across 86 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • fatkeqësi noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrofë noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • καταστροφή noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • καταστροφή noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Arabic

3 entries
  • آفَة noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • كَارِثَة noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • مُصِيبَة noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Armenian

4 entries
  • աղետ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • արհավիրք noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • դժբախտություն noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • պատուհաս noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Asturian

2 entries
  • desastre noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • farrasplada noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • faciə noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • fəlakət noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • fəlakət noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бе́дства noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • бяда́ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • го́ра noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • катастро́фа noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Bengali

3 entries
  • আফত noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • দুর্যোগ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • বিপর্যয় noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бе́дствие noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • бе́дствие noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • злополу́ка noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • катастро́фа noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘေးဆိုး noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Campidanese Sardinian

2 entries
  • disastru noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • disastru noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Catalan

1 entries
  • desastre noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • katalagman noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • لێقەومان noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 災害 /灾害 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 災禍 /灾祸 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 災難 /灾难 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 災難 /灾难 noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 災害 /灾害 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 災禍 /灾祸 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 災難 /灾难 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 災難 /灾难 noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Czech

3 entries
  • katastrofa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • neštěstí noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • pohroma noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Danish

3 entries
  • katastrofe noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrofe noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • ulykke noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Dutch

4 entries
  • catastrofe noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • onheil noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • ramp noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • ramp noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • katastrofo noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • malfeliĉego noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Estonian

2 entries
  • katastroof noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • õnnetus noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Finnish

4 entries
  • katastrofi noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrofi noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • onnettomuus noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • onnettomuus noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

French

3 entries
  • catastrophe noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • désastre noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • désastre noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Galician

1 entries
  • desastre noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Gallurese

2 entries
  • scullóppiu noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • scullóppiu noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კატასტროფა noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • უბედურება noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

German

4 entries
  • Desaster noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • Desaster noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • Katastrophe noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • Unglück noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Greek

2 entries
  • καταστροφή noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • καταστροφή noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • dezas noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastwòf noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אָסוֹן noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • אָסוֹן noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आपदा noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • आफ़त noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • तबाही noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • मुसीबत noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • katasztrófa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katasztrófa noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • hamfarir noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • hörmung noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrófa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • bencana noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • malapetaka noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • musibah noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Irish

2 entries
  • anachain noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • tubaiste noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Italian

2 entries
  • disastro noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • disastro noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 天災 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 惨事 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 災い noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 災害 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • апат noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • зілзала noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ភយន្តរាយ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • ភយូបទ្រព noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • មហន្តរាយ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • ហាយនៈ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Korean

4 entries
  • 재난 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 재난 noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • 재앙 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • 재해 noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • апаат noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • кырсык noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • vuorgi noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Latin

4 entries
  • calamitās noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • clādēs noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • clādēs noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • perniciēs noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Latvian

3 entries
  • katastrofa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • nelaime noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • posts noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • katastrofa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • nelaimė noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • dezaster noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • катастро́фа noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • несреќа noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Malay

1 entries
  • bencana noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ദുരന്തം noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • ദുരന്തം noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • zastre noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • аюул noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • гамшиг noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • сүйрэл noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Māori

2 entries
  • aituā noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • inati noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Nepali

1 entries
  • प्रकोप noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • kafa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • felaket noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • karesat noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • mûsîbet noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • katastrofe noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrofe noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • miljøkatastrofe noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • katastrofe noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrofe noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • miljøkatastrofe noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Occitan

1 entries
  • desastre noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • غول noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Pashto

3 entries
  • آفت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • فاجعه noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • مصيبت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Persian

4 entries
  • آفَت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • فاجِعِه noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • فَلاکَت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • مُصیبَت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Onjlekj noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Polish

4 entries
  • bieda noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrofa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrofa noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • nieszczęście noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • desastre noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • desastre noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Romanian

4 entries
  • calamitate noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • catastrofă noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • dezastru noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • dezastru noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Russian

4 entries
  • бе́дствие noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • бе́дствие noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • беда́ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • го́ре noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • istruéndu noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • istruéndu noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • rughína noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • rughína noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Sassarese

2 entries
  • disasthru noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • disasthru noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • creach noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • creach noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • katastrófa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • nèsreća noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • катастро́фа noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • нѐсрећа noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ව්යසන noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Slovak

3 entries
  • katastrofa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • nešťastie noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • pohroma noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Slovene

1 entries
  • katastrofa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Spanish

1 entries
  • desastre noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Swahili

4 entries
  • afa noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • afa noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • janga noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • janga noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Swedish

3 entries
  • katastrof noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • katastrof noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
  • olycka noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Tajik

4 entries
  • бадбахтӣ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • мусибат noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • офат noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • фалокат noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Tatar

1 entries
  • афәт noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Thai

1 entries
  • ภัยพิบัติ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Turkish

3 entries
  • afet noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • facia noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • felaket noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • біда́ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • го́ре noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • катастро́фа noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • ли́хо noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Urdu

3 entries
  • آفَت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • تَباہی noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • مُصِیبَت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Uyghur

4 entries
  • ئاپەت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • بەختسىزلىك noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • پالاكەت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • ھالاكەت noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • baxtsizlik noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • falokat noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • musibat noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • ofat noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tai hoạ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • thảm hoạ noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)

Welsh

2 entries
  • trychineb noun (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
  • trychineb noun (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

Sample sentences

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Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.

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If the hay caught fire, it would be a real disaster.

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The medical supplies were allocated to the victims of the disaster.

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The slightest mistake may lead to a fatal disaster.

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