fortune

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃuːn/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːtjuːn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-tjən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-t͡ʃən/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈfoːt͡ʃʉwn/
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The name of the town in Newfoundland is derived from Portuguese fortuna (“luck, fortune”). The name may refer to a fortuitous event that occurred in the nearby bay.

From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.

241 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: tale — destiny
• Azerbaijani: qismət — destiny
• Azerbaijani: qədər — destiny
• Azerbaijani: müqəddarat — destiny
• Basque: adur — destiny
• Basque: zori — destiny
• Belarusian: до́ля (dólja) — destiny
• Belarusian: лёс (ljos) — destiny
• Bulgarian: съдба́ (sǎdbá) — destiny
• Catalan: fortuna — destiny
• Catalan: destí — destiny
• Catalan: fat — destiny
• Chinese Mandarin: 命運 /命运 (mìngyùn) — destiny
• Chinese Mandarin: 氣數 /气数 (qìshu) — destiny
• Chinese Mandarin: 宿命 (sùmìng) — destiny
• Chinese Mandarin: 運命 /运命 (yùnmìng) — destiny
• Czech: osud — destiny
• Dutch: lot — destiny
• Dutch: noodlot — destiny
• Dutch: fortuin — destiny
• Esperanto: sorto — destiny
• Faroese: lagna — destiny
• Finnish: kohtalo — destiny
• French: destin — destiny
• Galician: sorte — destiny
• Galician: fortuna — destiny
• German: Schicksal — destiny
• German: Glück — destiny
• Greek: τύχη (týchi) — destiny
• Ancient Greek: τύχη (túkhē) — destiny
• Hebrew: גּוֹרָל (gorál) — destiny
• Hungarian: végzet — destiny
• Hungarian: sors — destiny
• Icelandic: örlög — destiny
• Icelandic: auðna — destiny
• Interlingua: fortuna — destiny
• Irish: cinniúint — destiny
• Italian: sorte — destiny
• Italian: destino — destiny
• Italian: fortuna — destiny
• Japanese: 運命 (unmei) — destiny
• Japanese: 宿命 (shukumei) — destiny
• Korean: 운명 (unmyeong) — destiny
• Latin: fortuna — destiny
• Latvian: liktenis — destiny
• Occitan: fortuna — destiny
• Polish: fortuna — destiny
• Portuguese: destino — destiny
• Portuguese: fortuna — destiny
• Portuguese: sina — destiny
• Romanian: soartă — destiny
• Russian: судьба́ (sudʹbá) — destiny
• Russian: до́ля (dólja) — destiny
• Russian: у́часть (účastʹ) — destiny
• Russian: рок (rok) — destiny
• Russian: уде́л (udél) — destiny
• Slovak: osud — destiny
• Spanish: fortuna — destiny
• Tagalog: tadhana — destiny
• Tagalog: kapalaran — destiny
• Thai: ชะตา (chá-dtaa) — destiny
• Thai: โชคชะตา (chôok-chá-dtaa) — destiny
• Ukrainian: до́ля (dólja) — destiny
• Volapük: fät — destiny
• Volapük: benofät — destiny
• Volapük: mifät — destiny
• Welsh: ffortiwn — destiny
• Welsh: ffortiynau — destiny
• Yiddish: גורל (goyrl) — destiny
• Bulgarian: късме́т (kǎsmét) — a chance
• Bulgarian: шанс (šans) — a chance
• Chinese Mandarin: 機會 /机会 (jīhuì) — a chance
• Dutch: kans — a chance
• Dutch: geluk — a chance
• Finnish: sattuma — a chance
• German: Glück — a chance
• Hungarian: véletlen — a chance
• Interlingua: fortuna — a chance
• Japanese: 機会 (kikai) — a chance
• Japanese: チャンス (chansu) — a chance
• Korean: 기회 (gihoe) — a chance
• Latin: fortuna — a chance
• Ojibwe: zhawendaagozi — a chance
• Portuguese: chance — a chance
• Romanian: șansă — a chance
• Russian: возмо́жность (vozmóžnostʹ) — a chance
• Russian: шанс (šans) — a chance
• Slovak: náhoda — a chance
• Slovak: šanca — a chance
• Spanish: fortuna — a chance
• Swedish: tillfällighet — a chance
• Ottoman Turkish: بخت (baht) — a chance
• Ottoman Turkish: تصادف (tesâdüf) — a chance
• Azerbaijani: bəxt — good luck
• Azerbaijani: iqbal — good luck
• Azerbaijani: nəsib — good luck
• Belarusian: уда́ча (udáča) — good luck
• Belarusian: шча́сце (ščáscje) — good luck
• Belarusian: фарту́на (fartúna) — good luck
• Bulgarian: ща́стие (štástie) — good luck
• Bulgarian: сполу́ка (spolúka) — good luck
• Bulgarian: късме́т (kǎsmét) — good luck
• Chinese Mandarin: 好運 /好运 (hǎoyùn) — good luck
• Chinese Mandarin: 幸運 /幸运 (xìngyùn) — good luck
• Chinese Mandarin: 機緣 /机缘 (jīyuán) — good luck
• Chinese Mandarin: 造化 (zàohua) — good luck
• Chinese Mandarin: 福 (fú) — good luck
• Czech: štěstí — good luck
• Dutch: geluk — good luck
• Finnish: onni — good luck
• Finnish: tuuri — good luck
• French: bonne chance — good luck
• Galician: fortuna — good luck
• German: Glück — good luck
• Greek: τύχη (týchi) — good luck
• Ancient Greek: τύχη (túkhē) — good luck
• Hungarian: szerencse — good luck
• Icelandic: gæfa — good luck
• Icelandic: lán — good luck
• Ido: fortuno — good luck
• Indonesian: keberuntungan — good luck
• Ingrian: onni — good luck
• Ingrian: lykky — good luck
• Italian: fortuna — good luck
• Japanese: 幸運 (kōun) — good luck
• Japanese: 福 (fuku) — good luck
• Japanese: 多幸 (takō) — good luck
• Kazakh: бақ (baq) — good luck
• Korean: 재수 (jaesu) — good luck
• Korean: 행운 (haeng'un) — good luck
• Korean: 부 (bu) — good luck
• Korean: 다행 (dahaeng) — good luck
• Central Kurdish: نوخشە (nuxşe) — good luck
• Central Kurdish: خۆشبەخت (xoşbext) — good luck
• Latin: fortuna — good luck
• Latvian: laime — good luck
• Latvian: veiksme — good luck
• Macedonian: среќа (sreḱa) — good luck
• Manchu: ᡥᡡᡨᡠᡵᡳ (hūturi) — good luck
• Māori: māngari — good luck
• Māori: māringanui — good luck
• Māori: waimarie — good luck
• Māori: māngaringari — good luck
• Middle English: sped — good luck
• Norwegian: flaks — good luck
• Ojibwe: minose — good luck
• Persian: بخت (baxt) — good luck
• Polish: szczęście — good luck
• Portuguese: fortuna — good luck
• Portuguese: fortúnio — good luck
• Portuguese: sorte — good luck
• Quechua: sami — good luck
• Romanian: noroc — good luck
• Russian: уда́ча (udáča) — good luck
• Russian: форту́на (fortúna) — good luck
• Russian: везе́ние (vezénije) — good luck
• Russian: сча́стье (sčástʹje) — good luck
• Sanskrit: स्वस्ति (svasti) — good luck
• Scottish Gaelic: àigh — good luck
• Serbo-Croatian: сре̏ћа — good luck
• Serbo-Croatian: srȅća — good luck
• Slovak: šťastie — good luck
• Slovene: srẹ́ča — good luck
• Spanish: fortuna — good luck
• Swedish: tur — good luck
• Thai: โชค (chôok) — good luck
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغور (uğur) — good luck
• Ottoman Turkish: قوت (kut) — good luck
• Ottoman Turkish: بخت (baht) — good luck
• Ukrainian: уда́ча (udáča) — good luck
• Ukrainian: ща́стя (ščástja) — good luck
• Ukrainian: форту́на (fortúna) — good luck
• Yiddish: גליק (glik) — good luck
• Arabic: ثَرْوَة (ṯarwa) — lots of riches
• Armenian: հարստություն (harstutʻyun) — lots of riches
• Belarusian: бага́цце (baháccje) — lots of riches
• Belarusian: замо́жнасць (zamóžnascʹ) — lots of riches
• Bulgarian: бога́тство (bogátstvo) — lots of riches
• Bulgarian: състоя́ние (sǎstojánie) — lots of riches
• Catalan: fortuna — lots of riches
• Chinese Mandarin: 財富 /财富 (cáifù) — lots of riches
• Czech: bohatství — lots of riches
• Dutch: fortuin — lots of riches
• Dutch: vermogen — lots of riches
• Finnish: omaisuus — lots of riches
• French: fortune — lots of riches
• Galician: facenda — lots of riches
• Galician: fortuna — lots of riches
• German: Vermögen — lots of riches
• Hebrew: הוֹן (hon) — lots of riches
• Hungarian: vagyon — lots of riches
• Icelandic: auður — lots of riches
• Italian: fortuna — lots of riches
• Italian: dote — lots of riches
• Japanese: 富 (tomi) — lots of riches
• Japanese: 富裕 (fuyū) — lots of riches
• Korean: 부유 (buyu) — lots of riches
• Korean: 부 (bu) — lots of riches
• Latvian: bagātība — lots of riches
• Latvian: manta — lots of riches
• Persian: ثروت (servat) — lots of riches
• Polish: fortuna — lots of riches
• Polish: bogactwo — lots of riches
• Polish: zamożność — lots of riches
• Portuguese: fortuna — lots of riches
• Romanian: avere — lots of riches
• Russian: бога́тство (bogátstvo) — lots of riches
• Russian: состоя́ние (sostojánije) — lots of riches
• Serbo-Croatian: бога̀тство — lots of riches
• Serbo-Croatian: bogàtstvo — lots of riches
• Slovak: bohatstvo — lots of riches
• Slovene: bogastvo — lots of riches
• Spanish: fortuna — lots of riches
• Swedish: förmögenhet — lots of riches
• Thai: สมบัติ (sǒm-bàt) — lots of riches
• Turkish: servet — lots of riches
• Ottoman Turkish: ثروت (servet) — lots of riches
• Ottoman Turkish: سرمایه (sermaye) — lots of riches
• Ottoman Turkish: مال (mal) — lots of riches
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه — lots of riches
• Ukrainian: бага́тство (bahátstvo) — lots of riches
• Ukrainian: замо́жність (zamóžnistʹ) — lots of riches
• Welsh: ffortiwn — lots of riches
• Welsh: ffortiynau — lots of riches
• Yiddish: עשירות (eshires) — lots of riches
• Dutch: fortuin — a large amount of money
• Dutch: vermogen — a large amount of money
• Dutch: godsvermogen — a large amount of money
• French: pactole — a large amount of money
• French: magot — a large amount of money
• Galician: fortuna — a large amount of money
• German: Vermögen — a large amount of money
• Hungarian: vagyon — a large amount of money
• Hungarian: borsos ár — a large amount of money
• Irish: mám airgid — a large amount of money
• Romanian: avere — a large amount of money
• Swedish: förmögenhet — a large amount of money
• Ottoman Turkish: ثروت (servet) — a large amount of money
• Ottoman Turkish: سرمایه (sermaye) — a large amount of money
• Ottoman Turkish: مال (mal) — a large amount of money
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه — a large amount of money