Plural of fiasco

Forms of fiasco

Fiascos and fiascoes in a sentence

• It was this curiously blind sense of superomniscience that had brought about all of the man's eventual fiascos.1960, Robert Patterson, Gold is the color of blood, Ballantine Books, page 26. From the entry superomniscience
• They are the living antithesis of the saying, “A burnt child dreads the fire,” since they repeat the same fiascos time and again in an impressively self-destructive fashion.1945 April 26, Phyllis Greenacre, Conscience in the Psychopath; republished as J. Reid Meloy, editor, The Mark of Cain: Psychoanalytic…. From the entry a burnt child dreads the fire
• At present we do not know what percentage of all national fiascoes are attributable to groupthink.1973 May 28, Irving L. Janis, “Groupthink in Washington”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021. From the entry groupthink
• Some decisions of poor quality that turn out to be fiascoes might be ascribed primarily to mistakes made by just one man, the Chief Executive.1973 May 28, Irving L. Janis, “Groupthink in Washington”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021. From the entry groupthink

Meaning of fiasco

1. noun A sudden or unexpected failure.
2. noun A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
3. noun A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

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Questions about the plural of fiasco

What is the plural of fiasco?

The plural of fiasco is fiascos, fiascoes or fiaschi.

Which is correct, fiascos or fiascoes?

Both are used. fiascos is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is fiasco countable?

Fiasco is a countable noun.