adj
Meaning 1
Unhappy or unfortunate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
infelicitous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a sentence or utterance: not semantically and pragmatically coherent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
not appropriate in application; defective
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an infelicitous remark
- infelicitous phrasing
- the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: felicitous
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
marked by or producing unhappiness- American Guide Series
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- infelicitous circumstances
- unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unhappy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English felicitous English infelicitous From in- + felicitous.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: злощастен (zloštasten) — unhappy or unfortunate
- Catalan: infeliç — unhappy or unfortunate
- Catalan: desgraciat — unhappy or unfortunate
- Danish: uheldig — unhappy or unfortunate
- Finnish: onneton — unhappy or unfortunate
- Finnish: epäonninen — unhappy or unfortunate
- French: infortuné — unhappy or unfortunate
- German: ungeschickt — unhappy or unfortunate
- German: unglücklich — unhappy or unfortunate
- Norwegian: ulykkelig — unhappy or unfortunate
- Norwegian: uheldig — unhappy or unfortunate
- Polish: nieszczęsny — unhappy or unfortunate
- Polish: niefortunny — unhappy or unfortunate
- Polish: nieudany — unhappy or unfortunate
- Russian: несчастли́вый (nesčastlívyj) — unhappy or unfortunate
- Russian: несча́стный (nesčástnyj) — unhappy or unfortunate
- Spanish: infortunado — unhappy or unfortunate
- Spanish: desventurado — unhappy or unfortunate
- Spanish: desgraciado — unhappy or unfortunate
- Spanish: infeliz — unhappy or unfortunate
- Spanish: desdichado — unhappy or unfortunate
- Bulgarian: злополучен (zlopolučen) — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Bulgarian: неудачен (neudačen) — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Catalan: maldestre — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Catalan: inadequat — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Catalan: impropi — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Danish: uheldig — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Finnish: onneton — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Finnish: surkea — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- French: malheureux — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- French: maladroit — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- French: inadéquat — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- French: gauche — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- German: unglücklich — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- German: ungeschickt — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Norwegian: uheldig — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Russian: неуме́стный (neuméstnyj) — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Russian: неподходя́щий (nepodxodjáščij) — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Russian: неуда́чный (neudáčnyj) — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Spanish: torpe — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Spanish: impropio — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Spanish: aciago — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done
- Spanish: inadecuado — inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done