Fortuna

See also: fortuna

English

Fortuna astronomical symbol

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Fortūna.

Proper noun

Fortuna

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche.
2. (astronomy) 19 Fortuna, a main belt asteroid.
3. A city in Humboldt County, California, United States.
4. A ghost town in Arizona.
5. A city and village in North Dakota.
6. A settlement in Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 19 Fortuna

Translations

Roman goddess

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 福爾圖納 / 福尔图纳 (Fú'ěrtúnà), 福圖納 / 福图纳 (Fútúnà)

• French: Fortuna (fr) f
• Galician: Fortuna f
• German: Fortuna f
• Greek: Τύχη (el) f (Týchi)

  Ancient Greek: Τύχη f (Túkhē)

• Ido: fortuno (io)
• Italian: Fortuna (it) f
• Japanese: フォルトゥナ (Forutuna)
• Latin: Fortuna f, Tyche f
• Polish: Fortuna (pl) f
• Russian: Форту́на (ru) f (Fortúna)

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 命神星 (Mìngshénxīng)

• Galician: Fortuna f
• Italian: Fortuna (it) f
• Japanese: フォルトゥナ (Forutuna)
• Polish: Fortuna (pl) f
• Russian: Форту́на (ru) f (Fortúna)

See also

• Lady Luck
• (mythology): Fortuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): 19 Fortuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: For‧tu‧na

Proper noun

Fortuna

1. a surname

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Papiamentu Fortuna, derived in turn from the toponym Fortuyn, which referred to a plot of land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrˈty.naː/
• Hyphenation: For‧tu‧na

Proper noun

Fortuna n

1. a neighbourhood of Willemstad, Curaçao

Derived terms

• Fortuna Abou
• Fortuna Ariba
• Sero Fortuna

Latin

Etymology

From fortūna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɔrˈtuː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [forˈtuː.na]

Proper noun

Fortūna f sg (genitive Fortūnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Fortuna

   Coordinate term: Tychē

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fortūna
genitive	Fortūnae
dative	Fortūnae
accusative	Fortūnam
ablative	Fortūnā
vocative	Fortūna

Descendants

• → English: Fortuna (learned)
• → Portuguese: Fortuna (learned)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈtũ.nɐ/ [fohˈtũ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈtũ.nɐ/ [fohˈtũ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾˈtũ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁˈtũ.nɐ/ [foχˈtũ.nɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /foɻˈtũ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈtu.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -unɐ
• Hyphenation: For‧tu‧na
• Homophone: fortuna

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Fortūna.

Proper noun

Fortuna f

1. (Roman mythology) Fortuna

   Coordinate term: Tique

Derived terms

• roda da Fortuna

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.

Proto-Italic *fortūnā

Latin fortūnader.

Portuguese Fortuna

Ultimately from Latin fortūna.

Proper noun

Fortuna m or f by sense

1. a surname

Usage notes

• According to the 2022 Brazilian census, the surname Fortuna belongs to 7,763 individuals in Brazil.

Proper noun

Fortuna f (demonym fortunense)

1. a municipality of Maranhão, Brazil

Further reading

• Stefano, Ravara (2022–2026), “Fortuna”, in Mapa de Sobrenomes (in Portuguese)

Romanian

Etymology

From fortună, variant of furtună (“storm”).

Proper noun

Fortuna m (genitive/dative lui Fortuna)

1. a surname

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică