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カタストロフィー (katasutorofii) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
カタストロフィー also: カタストロフィ · カタストロフ · キャタストロフィ
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That war was a catastrophe for humanity.
Climate change could cause a global catastrophe.
Related words 大だい 惨さん 事じ 大惨事 is a more common, native-Japanese term for a major disaster or tragedy, while カタストロフィー is a loanword often used in more abstract, literary, or global contexts.
Written forms カタストロフィー Usage 26%
Most common katakana spelling for the English loanword 'catastrophe'.
カタストロフ Usage 63%
Less common variant, possibly influenced by French 'catastrophe'.
カタストロフィ Usage 11%
Variant without the final long vowel; also encountered.
キャタストロフィ
Rare variant with キャ instead of カ; may appear in older or idiosyncratic usage.
Etymology Loanword from English 'catastrophe', ultimately from Greek 'katastrophē'.
