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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCassandre
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ka.sɑ̃dʁ
"Il joue le rôle de Cassandre en prédisant la chute du marché."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who is prophesying doom or disaster, but whose warnings are disregarded.
"Environmental scientists often feel like modern Cassandras when their climate warnings go unheeded." - 2
In technical architecture and databases, a reference to Apache Cassandra, a decentralized distributed NoSQL database management system.
"The engineering team chose Cassandra to handle the massive influx of real-time transactional data."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek Kassándrā, meaning 'shining among men' or 'excelling mankind'. In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam of Troy who was cursed by Apollo never to be believed, despite always prophesying the truth. Over time, her name evolved into an eponym in English to describe someone whose accurate prophecies of impending doom are universally disregarded.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cassandra" is said worldwide
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Cassandre
Transliteration: ka.sɑ̃dʁ
"Il joue le rôle de Cassandre en prédisant la chute du marché."
Kassandra
Transliteration: kaˈsandra
"Sie erwies sich als wahre Kassandra, als ihre Warnungen ignoriert wurden."
Cassandra
Transliteration: kasˈsandra
"Le sue previsioni negative lo hanno fatto sembrare una Cassandra."
Casandra
Transliteration: kaˈsandra
"Nadie escuchó las advertencias de aquel profeta que actuaba como una Casandra."
Cassandra
Transliteration: kaˈsɐ̃dɾɐ
"Ela foi considerada uma Cassandra ao prever a crise financeira."
कसांद्र
Transliteration: kasandra
"उनकी भविष्यवाणियों को नजरअंदाज कर दिया गया जैसे कि वे कोई कसांद्र हों।"
卡珊德拉
Transliteration: kǎ shān dé lā
"他发出的警告没有人在意，就像一个现代的卡珊德拉。"
카산드라
Transliteration: kaseandeura
"그의 경고는 무시되었고 그는 현대의 카산드라가 되었다."
カサンドラ
Transliteration: kasandora
"彼の警告は誰にも信じられず、まるでカサンドラのようだった。"
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