fi·as·co (f - s k , -äsk)n. pl. fi·as·coes or fi·as·cos A complete failure. [French, from Italian fare fiasco, to make a bottle, fail, from fiasco, bottle (perhaps translation of French bouteille, bottle, error, used by the French for linguistic errors committed by Italian actors on the 18th-century French stage), from Late Latin flasc ; see flask.] |
fiasco
Noun
pl -cos or -coes an action or attempt that fails completely in a ridiculous or disorganized way: the invasion of Cuba ended in a fiasco [Italian: flask; sense development obscure]
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| Noun | 1. | fiasco - a sudden and violent collapse collapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity" |
fiasco
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n fiasco [fiˈӕskəu]
a complete failure The party was a fiasco. fiasko; mislukking فَشَل تام، إخْفاق фиаско fiasko fiasko der Mißerfolg φιάσκο, πλήρης αποτυχία fiasco, fracaso, desastre fiasko شکست فضاحت بار؛ افتضاح fiasko fiasco כִּישָׁלוֹן असफलता fijasko, neuspjeh kudarc kegagalan algjörlega misheppnaður fiasco 大失敗 대실패, 완패 fiasko, visiškas nepasisekimas fiasko, pilnīga neveiksme kegagalan mislukking fiasko fiasko fiasco фиаско fiasko polom fijasko fiasko ความล้มเหลวโดยสิ้นเชิง fiyasko 大失敗 невдача, провал ناکامی thất bại hoàn toàn 大失败
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