fiasco

  • 11fiasco — ► NOUN (pl. fiascos) ▪ a ludicrous or humiliating failure. ORIGIN Italian, bottle, flask , used in the phrase far fiasco, literally make a bottle , figuratively fail in a performance …

    English terms dictionary

  • 12Fiasco — Fi*as co, n.; pl. {Fiascoes}. [It.] A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Fiasco — (Mehrzahl Fiaschi, »Flasche«), als Weinmaß in Toskana früher 2 Boccali = 2,279 und in Modena = 2,083 Lit. – F. machen (ital. far f.), soviel wie gänzlichen Mißerfolg haben, durchfallen, anfangs nur bei theatralischen Produktionen, jetzt allgemein …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 14Fiasco — Fiasco, ital., Flasche; auch Wein und Oelmaß in Toscana. – F., das Durchfallen einer Production auf dem Theater etc …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 15fiasco — index debacle, disaster, failure (lack of success), miscarriage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 16fiasco — s. m. 1.  [Teatro] Queda completa de uma composição musical, dramática, etc. 2.  [Por extensão] Resultado desastroso de uma empresa ou tentativa. 3. Estenderete …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 17fiasco — has the plural form fiascos …

    Modern English usage

  • 18fiasco — [n] catastrophe abortion, blunder, botched situation, breakdown, debacle, disaster, dumb thing to do*, dumb trick*, embarrassment, error, failure, farce, flap, flop, mess, miscarriage, route, ruin, screwup*, stunt, washout*; concept 674 Ant.… …

    New thesaurus

  • 19Fiasco — A fiasco (from Italian fiasco , flask ) is a complete, abject, or utterly humiliating, failure. The word may also refer to:* Fiasco (book), full title Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq , by Thomas E. Ricks (2006) * Fiasco (band), a… …

    Wikipedia

  • 20Fiasco — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Fiasco », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Fiasco peut faire référence à : Dans un… …

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