calamity

calamity

English

Etymology

From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæməti/, [kʰəˈlæməɾi]

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Noun

calamity (plural calamities)

1. An event resulting in great loss.
2. The distress that results from some disaster.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)

     They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.

Synonyms

• nakba
• See also Thesaurus:disaster

Translations

event resulting in great loss

Arabic: بَلَاء‎ m (balāʾ), بُؤْس‎ (ar) m (buʾs), مُصِيبَة‎ f (muṣība) Bulgarian: бедствие (bg) n (bédstvie) Chinese: Mandarin: 災難 (zh), 灾难 (zh) (zāinàn) Czech: kalamita f Dutch: calamiteit (nl) f Esperanto: katastrofo, plago (eo) Finnish: suuronnettomuus (fi) French: calamité (fr) f Georgian: უბედურება (ubedureba) German: Unheil (de) n, Kalamität (de) f Greek: Ancient: περίπτωμα n (períptōma), πῆμα n (pêma) (Epic) Hungarian: vész (hu) Ido: kalamitato (io) Irish: anachain (ga) f

Italian: calamità f Japanese: 災い (ja) (わざわい, wazawai), 災難 (ja) (さいなん, sainan) Korean: 재난 (ko) (jaenan) Latin: calamitās f Norwegian: kalamitet m Persian: بلا‎ (fa) (balâ), مصیبت‎ (fa) (mosibat) Portuguese: calamidade (pt) f Romanian: flagel (ro), calamitate (ro) f, calamități f pl Russian: катастро́фа (ru) f (katastrófa), бе́дствие (ru) n (bédstvije) Spanish: calamidad (es) f Swedish: katastrof (sv), tragedi (sv) Turkish: bela (tr), musibet (tr) Vietnamese: tai hoạ (vi) Volapük: damifät Westrobothnian: ofäl f

distress that results from some disaster

Bulgarian: нещастие (bg) n (neštástie) Chinese: Mandarin: 災難 (zh), 灾难 (zh) (zāinàn) Finnish: suurtuho Japanese: 災い (ja) (わざわい, wazawai), 災厄 (saiyaku)

Portuguese: calamidade (pt) f Romanian: calamitate (ro) f Russian: беда́ (ru) f (bedá), несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje), бе́дствие (ru) n (bédstvije), горе (ru) n (gore) Spanish: please add this translation if you can