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catastrophe
English
Alternative forms
- catastrophë (now rare)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (katastroph?), from ?????????? (katastréph?, “I overturn”), from ???? (katá, “down, against”) + ?????? (stréph?, “I turn”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /k??tæst??fi/
- Hyphenation: ca?tas?tro?phe
Noun
catastrophe (plural catastrophes)
- any large and disastrous event of great significance
- (insurance) a disaster beyond expectations
- (narratology) the dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement
- (mathematics) a type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Dutch
Noun
catastrophe f (plural catastrophes)
- (archaic) Superseded spelling of catastrofe.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin catastropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????????? (katastroph?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tas.t??f/
Noun
catastrophe f (plural catastrophes)
- catastrophe
Synonyms
- cata (informal)
- désastre
Derived terms
- en catastrophe
Verb
catastrophe
- first-person singular present indicative of catastropher
- third-person singular present indicative of catastropher
- first-person singular present subjunctive of catastropher
- third-person singular present subjunctive of catastropher
- second-person singular imperative of catastropher
Further reading
- “catastrophe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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cataclysm
English
Alternative forms
- cataclasm (dated)
Etymology
French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from ????????? (kataklúz?, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from ???? (katá, “downwards, towards”) + ????? (klúz?, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæt??kl?zm?/
Noun
cataclysm (plural cataclysms)
- A sudden, violent event.
- (geology) A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
- A great flood.
Derived terms
- cataclysmic
Related terms
- catastrophe
Translations
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