What does débâcle in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word débâcle in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use débâcle in French.
The word débâcle in French means walloping, rout, ice breakup, financial meltdown, bankruptcy, break the ice on, stock-market crash, stock-exchange crash, electoral rout, electoral debacle. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word débâcle
walloping, routnom féminin (déroute) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La campagne de juin 1940 se termina en débâcle. |
ice breakupnom féminin (dislocation des glaces) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La débâcle a en général lieu au début du printemps. |
financial meltdown, bankruptcynom féminin (figuré (faillite) (figurative) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La débâcle de cette entreprise fut très médiatisée. |
break the ice onverbe transitif (rare (rivière : rompre sa couche de glace) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
stock-market crash, stock-exchange crashnom féminin (chute des valeurs de la Bourse) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La crise de 1929 entraîna une débâcle boursière. |
electoral rout, electoral debaclenom féminin (élections : défaite sévère) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Cette affaire de corruption a entraîné une débâcle électorale. |
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