calamity

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

calamity (plural calamities)

An event resulting in great loss.
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

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