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{{also|debacle|débâclé}}
==English==
==English==

===Alternative spellings===
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*[[debacle]]


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/deɪˈbɑːk(ə)l/}}
* {{IPA|en|/deɪˈbɑːk(ə)l/|/deɪˈbɑːklə/}}
* Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɑːkəl|-ɑːkəl]]
* {{rhymes|en|ɑːkəl}}

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===Etymology===
From {{Fr.}} {{term|débâcle||lang=fr}}, from {{term|débâcler||to unbar; unleash|lang=fr}}, from [[prefix]] {{term|dé-||un-|lang=fr}} + {{term|bâcler||to bar|lang=fr}}, from {{L.}} {{term|baculum||staff|lang=la}}. First attested in the early 19th century.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{alternative form of|en|debacle}}.
# {{context|ecology}} A breaking up of [[ice]] in a [[river]]; particularly in [[Eurasia]] and [[North America]], resulting in a sudden [[rush]] of water, usually containing [[debris]].
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Jacqueline West|title=South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002|publisher=Routledge,|isbn=1-857431-21-9|page=68
#* '''1990,''' John Gerrard, ''Mountain Environments'', MIT Press, ISBN 0262071282, page 109,
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|passage=The Falklands-Malvinas '''débâcle''' provided the opportunity to restructure the military High Command; Alfonsín removed anti-democratic senior officers and replaced them with more co-operative ones.}}
#*: The pressure of water which gradually accumulated (about 200 000 m<sup>3</sup>) was such that the ice barrier gave way and a violent '''débâcle''' occurred.

# An [[event]] or [[enterprise]] that ends [[sudden]]ly and [[disastrous]]ly, often with [[humiliating]] [[consequences]]; a [[fiasco]].
===Anagrams===
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#* '''2002,''' Jacqueline West, ''South America, Central America and the Carribean 2002'', Routledge, ISBN 1857431219, page 68,
* {{anagrams|en|a=abcdeel|belaced}}
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#*: The Falklands-Malvinas '''débâcle''' provided the opportunity to restructure the military High Command; Alfonsín removed anti-democratic senior officers and replaced them with more co-operative ones.

# A confused [[rush]] or [[rout]]; a [[stampede]]
{{cln|en|terms borrowed from French|terms derived from French}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}

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===Etymology 1===
Deverbal from {{m|fr|débâcler}}

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====Noun====
{{fr-noun|f}}

# [[debacle]] (break-up of ice dam)
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# [[debacle]] (fiasco)

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|fr|débâcler}}
* {{l|fr|embâcle}}


====Usage notes====
=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|cs|bor=1|debakl}}
According to ''Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage'' ('''1999'''), the word is properly spelt with the accents, but they are commonly discluded in writing and printing.
* {{desc|nl|bor=1|debacle}}
* {{desc|en|bor=1|debacle}}
* {{desc|de|bor=1|Debakel}}


====Synonyms====
===Etymology 2===
Non-lemma forms
*{{sense|An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously}} [[fiasco]]
*{{sense|A confused rush or rout}} [[stampede]]


====Translations====
====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}
{{trans-top|An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously}}
* Finnish: [[fiasko]]
{{trans-mid}}
* German: [[Debakel]] {{n}}
{{trans-bottom}}


# {{inflection of|fr|débâcler||1//3|s|pres|ind//sub|;|2|s|impr}}
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====References====
* '''2005,''' Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, ''The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised)'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572
* '''1998,''' ''The Dorling Kindersley Illustrated Oxford Dictionary'', Dorling Kindersley Limited and Oxford University Press, ISBN 0751311103, page 211
* '''2006,''' Ed. Michael Allaby, ''A Dictionary of Ecology'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198609051
* '''1999,''' Ed. Robert Allen, ''Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198609477
* '''1999,''' Ed. Jennifer Speake, ''The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0425169952


===Further reading===
[[fr:débâcle]]
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}
[[io:débâcle]]
[[vi:débâcle]]

Latest revision as of 03:57, 28 September 2024

See also: debacle, and débâclé

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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débâcle (plural débâcles)

  1. Alternative form of debacle.
    • 2002, Jacqueline West, South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002, Routledge,, →ISBN, page 68:
      The Falklands-Malvinas débâcle provided the opportunity to restructure the military High Command; Alfonsín removed anti-democratic senior officers and replaced them with more co-operative ones.

Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.bakl/ ~ /de.bɑkl/

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from débâcler

Noun

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débâcle f (plural débâcles)

  1. debacle (break-up of ice dam)
  2. debacle (fiasco)
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Descendants
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  • → Czech: debakl
  • → Dutch: debacle
  • → English: debacle
  • → German: Debakel

Etymology 2

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Non-lemma forms

Verb

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débâcle

  1. inflection of débâcler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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