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DIRECTLY INSPECTED PRIMARY OBJECT

THE IMAGE WAS CHECKED.

The Gallica page image was directly inspected. It verifies the unaccented 1694 French dictionary headword DESASTRE and its opening definition; it is not claimed as the earliest French or English occurrence.

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désastre

The first edition of the Académie française dictionary prints DESASTRE as a headword and defines it as a disastrous accident or misfortune.

“DESASTRE. s. m. Accident funeste, malheur.”
WITNESS TYPE
Printed book
YEAR
1694
LOCATOR
First edition, tome 1, printed page 61, Gallica leaf f89, right column
REPOSITORY
Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France; digitized by BnF Gallica
SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
ark:/12148/bpt6k12803924, f. 89
FACSIMILE
Linked below
DIRECT INSPECTION
Yes
CONFIDENCE
established
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OBSERVED FORMDESASTRE
“DESASTRE. s. m. Accident funeste, malheur.”
INSPECTION DATE
2026-08-26
METHOD
visual facsimile
INSPECTOR ROLE
SET-U editorial review
EXACT LOCATOR
First edition, tome 1, printed page 61, Gallica leaf f89, right column
CLAIM LIMIT
Verifies the unaccented 1694 French dictionary headword DESASTRE and its opening definition. It does not establish the earliest French or English occurrence.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE

THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM

TITLE
Le dictionnaire de l'Académie française. Tome 1 (A–L), première édition
AUTHOR
Académie française
YEAR
1694
PUBLISHER
Jean-Baptiste Coignard
SOURCE TYPE
digitized primary source
CITATION KEY
daf-1694-t1-gallica