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6-letter words (2 found)

FASCIO,FIASCO,

5-letter words (3 found)

COIFS,FASCI,FICOS,

4-letter words (12 found)

ASCI,CAFS,CIAO,COIF,FICO,FISC,FOCI,OAFS,OCAS,SAIC,SOCA,SOFA,

3-letter words (16 found)

AIS,CAF,CIS,COS,FAS,IFS,IOS,ISO,OAF,OCA,OIS,SAC,SAI,SIC,SIF,SOC,

2-letter words (11 found)

AI,AS,FA,IF,IO,IS,OF,OI,OS,SI,SO,

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Definitions and meaning of fiasco

fiasco

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈæs.kəʊ/

Noun

fiasco (plural fiascos or fiascoes)

  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

See also

  • fiasci (hypercorrect plural)
  • fiaschi (Italianate plural; often considered pedantic)

References

  • Concise Oxford Dictionary, s. v. fiasco.
  • Compact Oxford English Dictionary on-line.
  • The Word Detective, Issue of Oct 30, 2001.

Further reading

  • Fiasco (bottle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Facios, cafiso, fascio-

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [fiˈas.ku]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [fiˈas.ko]

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco (situation)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of flasque.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjas.ko/

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiascos)

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

Further reading

  • “fiasco”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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”). More at flask.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfja.sko/
  • Rhymes: -asko
  • Hyphenation: fià‧sco

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiaschi)

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

Related terms

  • fiasca
  • fiaschetteria

Descendants

Anagrams

  • cafiso, fascio, fasciò, sfocai, sfocia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of frasco.

Pronunciation

  • 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

  • frasco
  • chasco

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco.

Noun

fiasco n (uncountable)

  1. fiasco.

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fiasco. Doublet of frasco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjasko/ [ˈfjas.ko]
  • Rhymes: -asko
  • Syllabification: fias‧co

Noun

fiasco m (plural fiascos)

  1. fiasco
    Synonym: fracaso

Further reading

  • “fiasco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org