how to pronounce désastre

/de.zastʁ/

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désastre is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of désastre in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… ils ont là le désastre de la politique …”

meanings of désastre

noun:

Disaster.
Bankruptcy, breakup.

désastre frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word désastre occurs in french on average 11.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.