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Pronunciation / Transliteration: fiasco
"Il progetto è stato un fiasco."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A complete failure, especially in a humiliating way.
"The project turned into a fiasco when the team missed all their deadlines." - 2
An event that ends in failure or disaster.
"The party was a fiasco, with no one showing up."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'fiasco' comes from the Italian word 'fiasco', meaning 'flask' or 'bottle', which was used in the phrase 'far fiasco' meaning 'to make a bottle', referring to a theatrical failure. It entered English in the mid-19th century, evolving to denote a complete failure or disaster.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fiasco" is said worldwide
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fiasco
Transliteration: fiasco
"Le projet a été un fiasco total."
Fiasko
Transliteration: fiˈaːsko
"Das Projekt war ein völliges Fiasko."
fiasco
Transliteration: fiasco
"Il progetto è stato un fiasco."
fiasco
Transliteration: fiasco
"El evento fue un fiasco."
fiasco
Transliteration: fiasco
"O projeto foi um fiasco."
फियास्को
Transliteration: fiyāskō
"परियोजना एक फियास्को बन गई।"
彻底失败
Transliteration: chèdǐ shībài
"这个项目是一个彻底失败。"
피아스코
Transliteration: piasco
"그 프로젝트는 피아스코가 되었다."
フィアスコ
Transliteration: fiasuko
"そのプロジェクトはフィアスコになった。"
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