No. 5,684 in French

cassandre

A "cassandre" refers to a prophet of doom or someone who predicts disaster, often ignored or disbelieved.

In a sentence

Cassandre prédit toujours des problèmes dans l'équipe.
Cassandre always predicts problems within the team.
The word 'Cassandre' is used as a proper name, suggesting characteristics of the mythological Cassandra, who was known to foretell bad events.
Ils appellent souvent Sarah 'Cassandre' parce qu'elle anticipe toujours les pires scénarios.
They often call Sarah 'Cassandre' because she always anticipates the worst scenarios.
Here, 'Cassandre' is employed metaphorically to liken Sarah's behavior to that of Cassandra.
Les avertissements de ce spécialiste sont ignorés comme ceux d'une Cassandre.
The warnings of this expert are ignored like those of a Cassandra.
In this sentence, 'Cassandre' refers figuratively to someone whose warnings are disregarded despite potential truth.

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