unlucky

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• /ʌnˈlʌki/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English lucky English unlucky From un- + lucky.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ongelukkig — unfortunate
• Bulgarian: нещастен (neštasten) — unfortunate
• Catalan: desafortunat — unfortunate
• Chinese Cantonese: 唔好彩 (m4 hou2 coi2) — unfortunate
• Chinese Mandarin: 不幸 (bùxìng) — unfortunate
• Chinese Mandarin: 不走運 /不走运 (bùzǒuyùn) — unfortunate
• Chinese Mandarin: 倒霉 (dǎoméi) — unfortunate
• Danish: unheldig — unfortunate
• Finnish: epäonninen — unfortunate
• German: unglücklich — unfortunate
• Ancient Greek: δυστυχής (dustukhḗs) — unfortunate
• Hindi: अभागा (abhāgā) — unfortunate
• Italian: sfortunato — unfortunate
• Central Kurdish: بار کەوتوو (bar kewtû) — unfortunate
• Latin: infēlix — unfortunate
• Macedonian: не́среќен (nésreḱen) — unfortunate
• Māori: wairuatoa — unfortunate
• Māori: whakarapa — unfortunate
• Māori: ringahoea — unfortunate
• Norwegian: unheldig — unfortunate
• Occitan: desfortunat — unfortunate
• Occitan: malastrugat — unfortunate
• Old English: unġesǣliġ — unfortunate
• Plautdietsch: onjlekjlich — unfortunate
• Portuguese: azarado — unfortunate
• Romanian: nenorocos — unfortunate
• Russian: неуда́чный (neudáčnyj) — unfortunate
• Russian: неуда́чливый (neudáčlivyj) — unfortunate
• Russian: несчастли́вый (nesčastlívyj) — unfortunate
• Sikkimese: ཇུས་ཉེས (jus nyes) — unfortunate
• Spanish: desafortunado — unfortunate
• Spanish: infortunado — unfortunate
• Turkish: uğursuz — unfortunate
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغورسز (uğursuz) — unfortunate
• Ottoman Turkish: بختسز (bahtsız) — unfortunate
• Ottoman Turkish: قوتسز (kutsuz) — unfortunate
• Vietnamese: xui xẻo — unfortunate
• Vietnamese: xui — unfortunate
• Vietnamese: rủi ro — unfortunate
• Vietnamese: rủi — unfortunate
• Vietnamese: không may — unfortunate
• Vietnamese: bất hạnh — unfortunate
• Catalan: malaurat — inauspicious
• Finnish: pahaenteinen — inauspicious
• Latin: infelix — inauspicious
• Macedonian: неблагопри́јатен (neblagopríjaten) — inauspicious
• Macedonian: зло́кобен (zlókoben) — inauspicious
• Russian: неблагоприя́тный (neblagoprijátnyj) — inauspicious
• Russian: злове́щий (zlovéščij) — inauspicious
• Turkish: uğursuz — inauspicious
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغورسز (uğursuz) — inauspicious
• Ottoman Turkish: بختسز (bahtsız) — inauspicious
• Ottoman Turkish: قوتسز (kutsuz) — inauspicious
• Albanian: lumëmadh — having ill luck
• Albanian: lumëzi — having ill luck
• Albanian: gullmëzi — having ill luck
• Armenian: ձախորդ (jaxord) — having ill luck
• Bulgarian: неудачен (neudačen) — having ill luck
• Catalan: infortunat — having ill luck
• Finnish: epäonninen — having ill luck
• Finnish: huono-onninen — having ill luck
• French: malchanceux — having ill luck
• French: poissard — having ill luck
• Gujarati: કમનસીબ (kamansīb) — having ill luck
• Hindi: अभागा (abhāgā) — having ill luck
• Irish: anrathach — having ill luck
• Latin: infēlix — having ill luck
• Macedonian: не́среќен (nésreḱen) — having ill luck
• Russian: невезу́чий (nevezúčij) — having ill luck
• Russian: неуда́чливый (neudáčlivyj) — having ill luck
• Spanish: salado — having ill luck
• Spanish: basiliqueado — having ill luck
• Spanish: sapeado — having ill luck
• Yiddish: שלימזלניק (shlimazldik) — having ill luck
• Finnish: epäonninen — bringing ill luck
• German: unglückbringend — bringing ill luck
• German: es bringt Unglück — bringing ill luck
• Irish: anrathach — bringing ill luck
• Latin: infēlix — bringing ill luck
• Macedonian: ко́бен (kóben) — bringing ill luck
• Russian: несчастли́вый (nesčastlívyj) — bringing ill luck
• Russian: недо́брый (nedóbryj) — bringing ill luck
• Spanish: mufa — bringing ill luck
• Spanish: fucú — bringing ill luck
• Spanish: yeta — bringing ill luck
• Spanish: yetatore — bringing ill luck
• Spanish: yetudo — bringing ill luck
• Turkish: uğursuz — bringing ill luck
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغورسز (uğursuz) — bringing ill luck
• Ottoman Turkish: بختسز (bahtsız) — bringing ill luck
• Ottoman Turkish: قوتسز (kutsuz) — bringing ill luck