fiasco
31fiasco — UK [fɪˈæskəʊ] / US [fɪˈæskoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms fiasco : singular fiasco plural fiascos a complete and embarrassing failure …
32fiasco — I. noun (plural coes) Etymology: French, from Italian, from fare fiasco, literally, to make a bottle Date: circa 1854 a complete failure II. noun (plural coes; also fiaschi) Etymology: Italian, from Late Latin flasco bottle more at …
33FIASCO — n. m. emprunté de l’italien. échec complet. Faire fiasco. Il est familier …
34fiasco — /fee as koh/ or, esp. for 2, / ah skoh/, n., pl. fiascos, fiascoes. 1. a complete and ignominious failure. 2. a round bottomed glass flask for wine, esp. Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand …
35Fiasco — Fiạsco [italienisch] der, s/ s oder italienische ...schi, strohumflochtene, ovalbauchige Flasche mit langem Hals, v. a. bekannt als Flasche für einfachen Chianti (meist 2 l fassend). * * * Fi|ạs|co, der; s, s u. Fiaschi [...ki; ital. fiasco,… …
36fiasco — {{hw}}{{fiasco}}{{/hw}}s. m. (pl. schi ) 1 Recipiente in vetro di forma sferoidale, rivestito di fibre vegetali o sintetiche e con collo lungo e stretto, destinato a contenere liquidi. 2 Quantità di liquido contenuta in un fiasco. 3 (fig.) Esito …
37Fiasco — Fi|as|co [...ko] der; s, Plur. s u. ...ci [...tʃi] <aus gleichbed. it. fiasco, eigtl. »Flasche«, dies aus spätlat. flasco »(Wein)flasche«; <aus dem Germ.> mit Stroh umflochtene Flasche für ↑Chianti …
38fiasco — (fee AS koh) [Italian: flask] A spectacular failure. The term derived from the example of a glassblower trying to blow a very large flask, which usually broke before it could be used. After the fiasco in the Senate, House Republicans are… …
39fiasco — noun (C, U) an event that is completely unsuccessful, in a way that is very embarrassing or disappointing: The first lecture I ever gave was a complete fiasco …
40fiasco — noun the picnic was a fiasco Syn: failure, disaster, catastrophe, debacle, shambles, farce, mess, wreck; informal flop, washout, snafu Ant: success …
