porte-bonheur

French

Etymology

From porter bonheur (“to carry luck, to bring luck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.t(ə).bɔ.nœʁ/

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Noun

porte-bonheur m (plural porte-bonheur)

1. lucky charm

   Antonym: porte-malheur

Descendants

• → English: porte-bonheur

Further reading

• “porte-bonheur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French porte-bonheur.

Noun

porte-bonheur n (plural port-bonheururi)

1. lucky charm

Declension

Declension of porte-bonheur

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) porte-bonheur	porte-bonheurul	(niște) port-bonheururi	port-bonheururile
genitive/dative	(unui) porte-bonheur	porte-bonheurului	(unor) port-bonheururi	port-bonheururilor
vocative	porte-bonheurule		port-bonheururilor