fiasco
English
/fɪˈæs.kəʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A sudden or unexpected failure.
- A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
- A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fiasco (flask, bottle) derived from Latin flasca derived from Frankish *flaska (flask, bottle) derived from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (bottle, flask, braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug) derived from French faire fiasco.
Origin
French
faire fiasco
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flasca Latin
- flasco Latin
- flascō Latin
- flascōnem Latin
- Fiasko German
- fiaschetteria Italian
- fiasco Italian
- infiascare Italian
- portafiasco Italian
- faire fiasco French
- fiasco French
- фляга Russian
- фляжка Russian
- fiasco Spanish, Castilian
- *pleḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ploḱ-skō Proto-Indo-European
- fiasko Norwegian Bokmål
- fiasco Portuguese
- frasco Portuguese
- *flaskǭ Proto-Germanic
- *flehtaną Proto-Germanic
- fiasko Norwegian Nynorsk
- flaska Old Norse
- *ploska Proto-Slavic
- fiasko Esperanto
- fiasco Catalan, Valencian
- flaska, flasca Old High German
- fiasko Ido
- fla(s)con, flacon Middle French
- flasque Middle French
- *flaskā gmw-pro
- flaska Old Saxon
- *flaska Frankish
- *flasko Frankish
- flascon xno