naufrage
Meanings
Noun
1. shipwreck (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
2. disaster, catastrophe; collapse (figuratively)
Examples7
Ma vie est devenue un naufrage.
My life has become a wreck.
Haute technologie, grand naufrage.
Hi tech, big wreck.
Une mauvaise épouse fait le naufrage du foyer.
A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.
Le jour suivant, le naufrage du bateau fut découvert sur la grève.
The next day the wreck of the ship was discovered on the shore.
Les vestiges du naufrage gisent encore sur le sable.
The remains of the shipwreck still lie on the sand.
Ce bateau a fait naufrage au large du Chili.
That boat wrecked off the coast of Chile.