Meanings
nounnatural disaster (plural natural disasters)
plural natural disasters
- Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life.
- The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event.
Translations
Afrikaans natuurramp
- natuurrampnatural phenomenon
Arabic كارثة طبيعية
- كارثة طبيعيةnatural phenomenon
Basque hondamen natural
- hondamen naturalnatural phenomenon
Bengali প্রাকৃতিক দুর্যোগ
- প্রাকৃতিক দুর্যোগ (prakritik durjōg)natural phenomenon
Bulgarian приро́дно бе́дствие
- приро́дно бе́дствие (priródno bédstvie)natural phenomenon
Catalan catàstrofe natural
- catàstrofe naturalnatural phenomenon
Chinese Mandarin 自然災害 /自然灾害, 自然災害 /自然灾害
- 自然災害 /自然灾害 (zìrán zāihài)natural phenomenon
- 自然災害 /自然灾害 (zìrán zāihài)emergency situation
Danish naturkatastrofe, naturkatastrofe
- naturkatastrofenatural phenomenon
- naturkatastrofeemergency situation
Dutch natuurgeweld, natuurramp
- natuurgeweldnatural phenomenon
- natuurrampnatural phenomenon
Esperanto naturkatastrofo
- naturkatastrofonatural phenomenon
Estonian loodusõnnetus
- loodusõnnetusnatural phenomenon
Finnish luonnonmullistus, luonnonkatastrofi
- luonnonmullistusnatural phenomenon
- luonnonkatastrofiemergency situation
French désastre naturel, catastrophe naturelle
- désastre naturelnatural phenomenon
- catastrophe naturellenatural phenomenon
German Naturkatastrophe
- Naturkatastrophenatural phenomenon
Greek φυσική καταστροφή, θεομηνία
- φυσική καταστροφή (fysikí katastrofí)natural phenomenon
- θεομηνία (theominía)natural phenomenon
- φυσική καταστροφή (fysikí katastrofí)emergency situation
Hebrew אסון טבע
- אסון טבעnatural phenomenon
Hindi प्राकृतिक आपदा
- प्राकृतिक आपदा (prākŕtik āpdā)natural phenomenon
Hungarian természeti katasztrófa, természeti katasztrófa
- természeti katasztrófanatural phenomenon
- természeti katasztrófaemergency situation
Italian disastro naturale, disastro naturale
- disastro naturalenatural phenomenon
- disastro naturaleemergency situation
Japanese 自然災害, 自然災害
- 自然災害 (shizen saigai)natural phenomenon
- 自然災害 (shizen saigai)emergency situation
Lithuanian stichinė nelaimė
- stichinė nelaimėnatural phenomenon
Norwegian Bokmål naturkatastrofe
- naturkatastrofenatural phenomenon
Polish klęska żywiołowa, katastrofa naturalna
- klęska żywiołowanatural phenomenon
- katastrofa naturalnanatural phenomenon
- kataklizmnatural phenomenon
- stan klęski żywiołowejemergency situation
Portuguese desastre natural
- desastre naturalnatural phenomenon
Punjabi ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਬਾਹੀ
- ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਬਾਹੀ (kudratī tabāhī)natural phenomenon
Romanian dezastru natural
- dezastru naturalnatural phenomenon
Russian стихи́йное бе́дствие
- стихи́йное бе́дствие (stixíjnoje bédstvije)natural phenomenon
Slovak živelná pohroma
- živelná pohromanatural phenomenon
Spanish desastre natural
- desastre naturalnatural phenomenon
Swahili maafa asilia
- maafa asilianatural phenomenon
Swedish naturkatastrof
- naturkatastrofnatural phenomenon
Tagalog likas na sakuna
- likas na sakunanatural phenomenon
Tamil இயற்கைப்பேரழிவு
- இயற்கைப்பேரழிவு (iyaṟkaippēraḻivu)natural phenomenon
Thai ภัยธรรมชาติ
- ภัยธรรมชาติnatural phenomenon
Ukrainian стихійне лихо
- стихійне лихо (styxijne lyxo)natural phenomenon
Urdu قدرتی آفت
- قدرتی آفتnatural phenomenon
Vietnamese thảm hoạ thiên nhiên, thiên tai
- thảm hoạ thiên nhiênnatural phenomenon
- thiên tainatural phenomenon
Welsh trychineb naturiol
- trychineb naturiolnatural phenomenon
Cite this entry
APA
natural disaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20disaster
MLA
“natural disaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20disaster. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “natural disaster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20disaster.
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