Dictionary

calamity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈlæmɪti/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. An event resulting in great loss.
   • And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures. A calamity had come to it, sure enough. 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:
   • Yet, at that moment, she felt as if the acquisition of these gems were a calamity. Their possession involved separation from her uncle, from every relic of home affections, and from all that yet lingered with her of her childhood. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 15:
   • Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 67, column 2:
2. 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. 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, “Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

calamity howler · fiscalamity · calamitist

Relateds

calamitous · calamitously

Translations (127)

tl kalamidad (event resulting in great loss) · be бяда́ (distress that results from some disaster) · ota فاجعه (event resulting in great loss) · az faciə (event resulting in great loss) · ru несча́стье (distress that results from some disaster) · pl klęska (event resulting in great loss) · cmn 災難 /灾难 (distress that results from some disaster) · uz fojia (event resulting in great loss) · hi आपदा (event resulting in great loss) · uk неща́стя (distress that results from some disaster) · tr musibet (event resulting in great loss) · uk біда́ (event resulting in great loss) · cmn 災難 /灾难 (event resulting in great loss) · ur قِیَامَت (event resulting in great loss) · ru бе́дствие (event resulting in great loss) · hi मुसीबत (event resulting in great loss) · mk не́среќа (event resulting in great loss) · fa-ira بَلا (event resulting in great loss) · fr calamité (event resulting in great loss) · uk го́ре (distress that results from some disaster) · ru катастро́фа (event resulting in great loss) · nb kalamitet (event resulting in great loss) · ro calamitate (distress that results from some disaster) · cs katastrofa (event resulting in great loss) · uz musibat (event resulting in great loss) · ru несча́стье (event resulting in great loss) · hy աղետ (event resulting in great loss) · eo katastrofo (event resulting in great loss) · ur مُصِیبَت (event resulting in great loss) · fa-ira آفَت (event resulting in great loss) · tg фоҷиа (event resulting in great loss) · cs neštěstí (event resulting in great loss) · ga anachain (event resulting in great loss) · pl katastrofa (event resulting in great loss) · ml ദുരന്തം (event resulting in great loss) · bg катастро́фа (event resulting in great loss) · ja 災い (distress that results from some disaster) · cs pohroma (event resulting in great loss) · sv tragedi (event resulting in great loss) · it calamità (event resulting in great loss) · uk неща́стя (event resulting in great loss) · ru беда́ (distress that results from some disaster) · pt calamidade (distress that results from some disaster) · arz داهية (event resulting in great loss) · de Unheil (event resulting in great loss) · ro calamitate (event resulting in great loss) · ar دَاهِيَة (event resulting in great loss) · grc συμφορά (event resulting in great loss) · bg бе́дствие (event resulting in great loss) · be няшча́сце (event resulting in great loss) · vo damifät (event resulting in great loss) · pl kataklizm (event resulting in great loss) · hi आफ़त (event resulting in great loss) · tr bela (event resulting in great loss) · ota غول (event resulting in great loss) · oc calamitat (event resulting in great loss) · ug پاجىئە (event resulting in great loss) · be го́ра (distress that results from some disaster) · fi suuronnettomuus (event resulting in great loss) · de Kalamität (event resulting in great loss) · la calamitās (event resulting in great loss) · tg фалокат (event resulting in great loss) · tr afet (event resulting in great loss) · ka უბედურება (event resulting in great loss) · nl calamiteit (event resulting in great loss) · tr felaket (event resulting in great loss) · el συμφορά (event resulting in great loss) · pdt Onjlekj (event resulting in great loss) · be няшча́сьце (event resulting in great loss) · sv katastrof (event resulting in great loss) · az müsibət (event resulting in great loss) · ur آفَت (event resulting in great loss) · vi tai hoạ (event resulting in great loss) · ro flagel (event resulting in great loss) · grc πῆμα (event resulting in great loss) · ja 災い (event resulting in great loss) · ru го́ре (distress that results from some disaster) · az fəlakət (event resulting in great loss) · ru беда́ (event resulting in great loss) · sv olycka (event resulting in great loss) · ca calamitat (event resulting in great loss) · cs kalamita (event resulting in great loss) · be няшча́сьце (distress that results from some disaster) · ar بُؤْس (event resulting in great loss) · sk katastrofa (event resulting in great loss) · be катастро́фа (event resulting in great loss) · uz falokat (event resulting in great loss) · tg мусибат (event resulting in great loss) · grc περίπτωμα (event resulting in great loss) · es calamidad (event resulting in great loss) · fa-ira فاجِعِه (event resulting in great loss) · sk bieda (event resulting in great loss) · sk nešťastie (event resulting in great loss) · ko 재난 (event resulting in great loss) · fa-ira گِرِفْتاری (distress that results from some disaster) · uk біда́ (distress that results from some disaster) · ru бе́дствие (distress that results from some disaster) · hu vész (event resulting in great loss) · bg неща́стие (distress that results from some disaster) · ar بَلَاء (event resulting in great loss) · ja 災厄 (distress that results from some disaster) · be бе́дства (event resulting in great loss) · kk апат (event resulting in great loss) · th วิบัติ (event resulting in great loss) · fi suurtuho (distress that results from some disaster) · eo plago (event resulting in great loss) · be бяда́ (event resulting in great loss) · io kalamitato (event resulting in great loss) · pl nieszczęście (event resulting in great loss) · uk катастро́фа (event resulting in great loss) · tg бало (event resulting in great loss) · ja 災難 (event resulting in great loss) · ro calamități (event resulting in great loss) · fa-ira مُصیبَت (event resulting in great loss) · ar مُصِيبَة (event resulting in great loss) · pt calamidade (event resulting in great loss) · sk kalamita (event resulting in great loss) · uz dahshat (event resulting in great loss) · om balaa (event resulting in great loss) · pl zagłada (event resulting in great loss) · mk катастро́фа (event resulting in great loss) · sk pohroma (event resulting in great loss) · fa-ira بَدْبَخْتی (distress that results from some disaster) · th หายนะ (event resulting in great loss) · tg офат (event resulting in great loss) · cu бѣдьство (event resulting in great loss) · be няшча́сце (distress that results from some disaster)