katastrofa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatastrofa]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧s‧tro‧fa

Noun

katastrofa f

1. catastrophe

Declension

Declension of katastrofa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	katastrofa	katastrofy
genitive	katastrofy	katastrof
dative	katastrofě	katastrofám
accusative	katastrofu	katastrofy
vocative	katastrofo	katastrofy
locative	katastrofě	katastrofách
instrumental	katastrofou	katastrofami

Derived terms

• katastrofický

Further reading

• “katastrofa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “katastrofa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katasˈtrofa/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ka‧tas‧tro‧fa

Adjective

katastrofa (accusative singular katastrofan, plural katastrofaj, accusative plural katastrofajn)

1. catastrophic

Related terms

• katastrofo

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from other European languages. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰστροφή (kătăstrophḗ).

Noun

katastrofà f (plural katastròfos) stress pattern 2

1. catastrophe, disaster

   Synonyms: nelaimė (“misfortune”), bėda (“misfortune”)

Declension

Declension of katastrofà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	katastrofà	katastròfos
genitive (kilmininkas)	katastròfos	katastròfų
dative (naudininkas)	katastròfai	katastròfoms
accusative (galininkas)	katastròfą	katastrofàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	katastrofà	katastròfomis
locative (vietininkas)	katastròfoje	katastròfose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	katastròfa	katastròfos

Derived terms

• katastrofiškai (“catastrophically”)
• katastrofiškas (“catastrophic”)

Further reading

• “katastrofa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “katastrofa”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tasˈtrɔ.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔfa
• Syllabification: ka‧tas‧tro‧fa

Noun

katastrofa f

1. catastrophe, disaster

Declension

Declension of katastrofa

	singular	plural
nominative	katastrofa	katastrofy
genitive	katastrofy	katastrof
dative	katastrofie	katastrofom
accusative	katastrofę	katastrofy
instrumental	katastrofą	katastrofami
locative	katastrofie	katastrofach
vocative	katastrofo	katastrofy

Derived terms

• katastrofalny
• katastroficzny

Further reading

• katastrofa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• katastrofa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

katastrófa f (Cyrillic spelling катастро́фа)

1. catastrophe

Declension

Declension of katastrofa

	singular	plural
nominative	katastrofa	katastrofe
genitive	katastrofe	katastrofa
dative	katastrofi	katastrofama
accusative	katastrofu	katastrofe
vocative	katastrofo	katastrofe
locative	katastrofi	katastrofama
instrumental	katastrofom	katastrofama

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Katastrophe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katastróːfa/
• Rhymes: -óːfa
• Hyphenation: ka‧tas‧tro‧fa

Noun

katastrọ̑fa f

1. catastrophe (an event in nature that causes great devastation, destruction)
   • 2024 November 12, Uredništvo, Ali obstaja možnost stoodstotne preskrbe Slovenije z obnovljivimi viri energije?‎^[1]:

     "Načrti obstajajo, cilji so zastavlje ni, določe ni so ukrepi, s katerimi bi lahko prišli do zastavljenih ciljev, težave pa so pri izvajanju zavez. Pri vprašanju, kako nagovoriti, angažirati ljudi. Kako nas torej najprej prepričati, da so spremembe v načinu življenja nujno potrebne, da je druga možnost podnebna katastrofa, in kako nam potem predočiti, da moramo nekaj narediti sami. In da hkrati zaupamo, da delamo prav," je dejal Andrej Gubina.

     "The plans are there, the targets are there, the actions to get there are there, but the problems are in implementing the commitments. It is a question of how to reach out, how to engage people. So how do we first convince people that lifestyle changes are urgently needed, that the alternative is climate catastrophe, and then how do we convince them that we have to do something ourselves. And at the same time to trust that we are doing the right thing," said Andrej Gubina.

2. (usually expressive) catastrophe (a very serious, unpleasant event with fatal consequences)
3. (usually expressive) collapse, destruction

   Synonyms: propȁd, unȋčenje

Declension

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	katastrọ̑fa
gen. sing.	katastrọ̑fe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	katastrọ̑fa	katastrọ̑fi	katastrọ̑fe
genitive rodȋlnik	katastrọ̑fe	katastrọ̑f	katastrọ̑f
dative dajȃlnik	katastrọ̑fi	katastrọ̑fama	katastrọ̑fam
accusative tožȋlnik	katastrọ̑fo	katastrọ̑fi	katastrọ̑fe
locative mẹ̑stnik	katastrọ̑fi	katastrọ̑fah	katastrọ̑fah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	katastrọ̑fo	katastrọ̑fama	katastrọ̑fami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	katastrọ̑fa	katastrọ̑fi	katastrọ̑fe

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• katastrofȃlen
• katastrọ́fičen

Further reading

• “katastrofa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “katastrofa”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references