catastrophe
/kəˈtastrəfi/
US pronunciation
American sound/kəˈtastrəfi/
kəˈtastrəfi
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- 4 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Final e often stays silent
kə - ˈtastrəfi -> catastrophe
Myanmar meaning
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catastrophe /kǝ'tæstrǝfi/ n
ရုတ်တရက်ဖြစ်ပွားသည့် ကပ်ဘေး။
The earthquake was the country's worst catastrophe.
❏ catastrophic /kætǝ'strɒfÇk/ adj ကြီးမားလှသော။
a catastrophic failure. catastrophically adv
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disaster, calamity, upheaval, devastation, ruin, misfortune, tragedy, cataclysm, accident, adversity, affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news, blow, casualty, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains, debacle, denouement, desolation, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo, wreck
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