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fiasco
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fiasco (“bottle, flask”), from Late Latin flasca, flasc? (“bottle, container”), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle, flask”) from Proto-Germanic *flask? (“bottle”); see flask. “Failure” sense comes through French faire fiasco from Italian theatrical slang far fiasco (literally “to make a bottle”), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an expression fare il fiasco, meaning to play a game with the forfeit that the loser will buy the next bottle or round of drinks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?æs.k??/
Noun
fiasco (plural fiascos or fiascoes)
- A sudden or unexpected failure.
- A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
- Synonym: debacle
- A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.
Translations
See also
- fiasci (hypercorrect plural)
- fiaschi (Italianate plural; often considered pedantic)
References
- Concise Oxford Dictionary, s. v. fiasco.
- Compact Oxford English Dictionary on-line.
- The Word Detective, Issue of Oct 30, 2001.
Further reading
- Fiasco (bottle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Facios, cafiso, fascio-
Catalan
Etymology
From Italian fiasco
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /fi?as.ko/
- (Central) IPA(key): /fi?as.ku/
Noun
fiasco m (plural fiascos)
- fiasco (situation)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of flasque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjas.ko/
Noun
fiasco m (plural fiascos)
- fiasco (situation)
- fiasco (bottle)
Further reading
- “fiasco” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin flasco, flasca (“bottle, container”), from Old Frankish *flaska (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flask? (“bottle”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtan? (“to plait”), from Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“to weave, braid”). Akin to Old High German flasca (“flask”), Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle”). More at flask.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fjas.ko/
Noun
fiasco m (plural fiaschi)
- flask
- fiasco
- flagon
- (figuratively) debacle, failure
Related terms
- fiasca
- fiaschetteria
Anagrams
- fascio, fasciò, sfocai, sfocia
Descendants
- ? English: fiasco
- ? French: fiasco
- ? Portuguese: fiasco
- ? Spanish: fiasco
Portuguese
Etymology
From Italian fiasco. Doublet of frasco.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?fj.a?.ku/
- Hyphenation: fi?as?co
Noun
fiasco m (plural fiascos)
- fiasco (ludicrous or humiliating situation)
- Synonym: fracasso
References
See also
- frasco
- chasco
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of frasco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fjasko/, [?fjas.ko]
Noun
fiasco m (plural fiascos)
- fiasco
- Synonym: fracaso
Further reading
- “fiasco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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situation
English
Alternative forms
- scituation (hyper?correct, obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English situacioun, situacion, from Middle French situation, from Medieval Latin situatio (“position, situation”), from situare (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”). Equivalent to situate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?t-yo?o-?'sh?n, s?ch-o?o-?'sh?n, IPA(key): /s?tju??e???n/, /s?t?u?(w)e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
situation (plural situations)
- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
- ...he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the situation of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
- The place in which something is situated; a location.
- 1833, Thomas Hibbert and Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory, page 142:
- [Hibíscus] speciòsus is the most splendid, and deserves a situation in every garden.
- 1833, Thomas Hibbert and Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory, page 142:
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 78:
- When he was nineteen, he suddenly left the 'Co-op' office, and got a situation in Nottingham.
- 1946, Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milt Gabler, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie:
- You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
- And read the situations from the front to the back
- The only job that's open need a man with a knack
- So put it right back in the rack Jack.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 78:
- A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
- Boss, we've got a situation here...
Synonyms
- (combination of circumstances): condition, set up; see also Thesaurus:state
Related terms
- site
- situate
- situated
- situationism
Translations
See also
- situation comedy, sitcom
References
- Source for the definitions:
- Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. [1] (accessed: March 10, 2007).
- situation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- situation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- situation at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- titanious
French
Etymology
situer +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.t?a.sj??/
Noun
situation f (plural situations)
- situation (all meanings)
Derived terms
- mise en situation
- situation intéressante
Descendants
- ? Romanian: situa?ie
Further reading
- “situation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
situation (plural situationes)
- situation, state of affairs
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?tva??u?n/, /s?t?a??u?n/
Noun
situation c
- a situation
Declension
Synonyms
- läge
Related terms
- nödsituation
- situationskomik
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