fortune
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[edit] English
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| foreign | native | members | #958: fortune | glass | silver | winter |
[edit] Etymology
From Latin fortuna (“‘fate, luck’”). The plural form fortunae meant (“‘possessions’”), which also gave fortune the meaning of (“‘riches’”).
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[edit] Noun
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fortune (plural fortunes)
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- See also Wikisaurus:wealth
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destiny or fate
a chance
good luck
lots of riches
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to fortune (third-person singular simple present fortunes, present participle fortuning, simple past and past participle fortuned)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To happen, take place.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, “Night 20”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night,
- It fortuned one night that the Sultan purposed setting out on a journey next morning
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, “Night 20”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night,
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
fortune f.
- Plural form of fortuna.

