fiasco
French, noun/fjas.ko/
fiasco is spelled F-I-A-S-C-O (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fiasco is a French masculine noun meaning “fiasco (situation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Échec complet”.
What does fiasco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefiasco (situation)
- 2
masculinefiasco (bottle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Échec complet. 2. Défaillance sexuelle masculine. 3. Flasque.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fiasco
- fiascos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fiasco?
- /fjas.ko/
- \fjas.ko\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fiasco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fiasco in French?
fiasco appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).