debacle

Etymology
From, from from prefix  +  [perhaps from unattested  and  , ], from , from , from.

Also attested in 🇨🇬 and in 🇨🇬.

The hypothesised derivation from, a frequentative of no longer seems likely due to the lack of attestation of  in Middle Dutch and by it having the limited meaning of "freeze superficially" in Dutch.

Noun

 * 1) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
 * 2)  A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
 * 1)  A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
 * 1)  A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
 * 1)  A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.

Usage notes

 * The older spelling with accents is no longer listed at all or only mentioned as an alternative in the online versions of most major British and American dictionaries.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: verplettering, ,
 * Esperanto:, fuŝafero
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διατροπή
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 大失敗
 * Latvian: izgāšanās
 * Maori: hanepītanga
 * Polish: obsuwa ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: крах, фіаско,


 * Finnish: laukeaminen
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: isgang
 * Nynorsk: isgang
 * Russian:, вскры́тие реки́
 * Ukrainian: скресання

Etymology
Borrowing of.

Etymology
, or from.

Noun

 * 1) a