misfortune

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• General-American: /mɪsˈfɔɹt͡ʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH0 S F AO1 R CH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English fortune English misfortune From mis- + fortune.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: fatkeqësi — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Arabic: مُصِيبَة (muṣība) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Arabic: شَقْوَة (šaqwa) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Belarusian: няшча́сце (njaščáscje) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Belarusian: бяда́ (bjadá) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Bulgarian: неща́стие (neštástie) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Catalan: infortuni — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Catalan: desgràcia — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Chinese Mandarin: 不幸 (bùxìng) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Chinese Mandarin: 禍 /祸 (huò) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓaya — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Danish: ulykke — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Dutch: tegenslag — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Finnish: onnettomuus — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Finnish: vahinko — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Finnish: tapaturma — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• French: mésaventure — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• French: malheur — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• German: Unglück — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• German: Unfall — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• German: Unheil — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• German: Mißgeschick — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• German: Missgeschick — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Greek: ατυχία (atychía) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Greek: κακοτυχία (kakotychía) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Greek: δυστυχία (dystychía) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Ancient Greek: συμφορά (sumphorá) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Ancient Greek: δυστύχημα (dustúkhēma) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Hindi: अभाग्य (abhāgya) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Hungarian: csapás — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Hungarian: szerencsétlenség — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Ingrian: onnettomus — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Irish: amaróid — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Irish: anachain — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Irish: tubaiste — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Italian: disgrazia — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Japanese: 不幸 (fukō) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Japanese: 災い (wazawai) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Korean: 불운 (burun) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Korean: 불행 (bulhaeng) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Central Kurdish: لێقەومان (lêqewman) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Latin: calamitas — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Latin: clades — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Latin: aerumma — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Latin: adversa — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Latvian: bēda — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Malayalam: അനർത്ഥം (anaṟtthaṁ) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Māori: maiki — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Māori: maikiroa — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulykke — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Occitan: malparada — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Occitan: malabosena — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Occitan: malastrada — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Polish: nieszczęście — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Polish: niepowodzenie — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Portuguese: desgraça — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Portuguese: infortúnio — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Portuguese: adversidade — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Portuguese: desventura — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Romanian: pățeală — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Romanian: pățanie — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Romanian: nenorocire — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Russian: несча́стье (nesčástʹje) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Russian: злоключе́ние (zloključénije) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Spanish: desgracia — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Spanish: infortunio — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Spanish: desventura — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Spanish: adversidad — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Swedish: olycka — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Tagalog: kasawiang-palad — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Ukrainian: неща́стя (neščástja) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Ukrainian: біда́ (bidá) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Urdu: نحوست (nahūsat) — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Vietnamese: nạn — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Welsh: anffawd — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident
• Welsh: anap — an instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident