fiasco

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco (bottle, flask), from Late Latin flasca, flascō (bottle, container), from Frankish *flaskā (bottle, flask) from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (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. Doublet of flacon, flagon, and flask.

Pronunciation

Noun

A fiasco of Chianti (sense 3)

fiasco (plural fiascos or fiascoes or fiaschi or (hypercorrect) fiasci)

  1. A sudden or unexpected failure.
  2. A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
    Synonym: debacle
  3. A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “fiasco”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco.

Pronunciation

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco (situation)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fiasco, from Italian fiasco

Pronunciation

Noun

fiasco n (plural fiasco's, diminutive fiascootje n)

  1. fiasco, debacle

Descendants

  • Indonesian: fiasko

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of flacon and flasque.

Pronunciation

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco (situation)
  2. fiasco (bottle)

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin flascō, flasca (bottle, container), from Old Frankish *flaska (bottle, flask), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (bottle), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (to plait), from Proto-Indo-European *plek- (to weave, braid). Akin to Old High German flasca (flask), Old English flasce, flaxe (bottle). Doublet of flacone. More at flask.

Pronunciation

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiaschi)

  1. flask
  2. fiasco
  3. flagon
  4. (figurative) debacle, failure

Descendants

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco, from Late Latin flascō. Doublet of frasco.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈas.ku/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjas.ku/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fiˈaʃ.ku/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjaʃ.ku/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈas.ko/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjas.ko/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku
  • Hyphenation: fi‧as‧co

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco (ludicrous or humiliating situation)
    Synonym: fracasso

See also

References

  1. ^ fiasco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of flacon.

Noun

fiasco n (uncountable)

  1. fiasco.

Declension

Declension of fiasco
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fiasco fiascoul
genitive-dative fiasco fiascoului
vocative fiascoule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of frasco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjasko/
  • Rhymes: -asko
  • Syllabification: fias‧co

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco
    Synonym: fracaso

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