calamity
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calamity
- /kəˈlæmɪti/
Where it comes from
From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).
noun calamities
- An event resulting in great loss. Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.
- The distress that results from some disaster. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: catastrophe, disaster, cataclysm, tragedy, debacle, devastation, havoc, scourge, setback, trouble, destruction, misery, distress, mess, shambles, disgrace
Translations
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noun event resulting in great loss
| Español | calamidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 재난 jaenan |
| 日本語 | 災い wazawai, 災難 sainan |
| 中文 | 災難 /灾难 zāinàn |
| हिन्दी | आपदा āpdā, मुसीबत musībat, आफ़त āfat |
| Português | calamidade |
| Français | calamité |
| Deutsch | Unheil, Kalamität |
| Italiano | calamità |
| Ελληνικά | συμφορά symforá |
| Română | flagel, calamitate, calamități |
| Русский | катастро́фа katastrófa, бе́дствие bédstvije, несча́стье nesčástʹje, беда́ bedá |
| Tiếng Việt | tai hoạ |
| العربية | بَلَاء balāʔ, بُؤْس buʔs, مُصِيبَة muṣība, دَاهِيَة dāhiya |
noun distress that results from some disaster
| 日本語 | 災い wazawai, 災厄 saiyaku |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 災難 /灾难 zāinàn |
| Português | calamidade |
| Română | calamitate |
| Русский | беда́ bedá, несча́стье nesčástʹje, бе́дствие bédstvije, го́ре góre |
Talk about this word "calamity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/calamity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. calamity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/calamity "calamity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/calamity.Cite this
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title = {calamity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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