misfortune

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ fortune

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈfɔɹtʃən/
• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)

1. (uncountable) bad luck
   • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track

     Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.

   The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.

   It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant

1. (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
   • 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X

     The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune, happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!

   She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.

Related terms

• misfortunate

Translations

bad luck

• Cherokee: ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏓᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ (uyo iyudalisdanedi)
• Chichewa: tsoka
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壞運氣／坏运气, 坏运气 (huài yùnqì)

• Czech: smůla (cs) f, pech (cs) m (colloquial)
• Dutch: ongeluk (nl) n, pech (nl) m
• Finnish: epäonni (fi)
• French: malchance (fr) f
• Georgian: ფათერაკი (ka) (pateraḳi), უბედურება (ubedureba), მარცხი (marcxi)
• German: Pech (de) n, Ungemach (de) n
• Greek: δυστυχία (el) (dystychía)

  Ancient: δυστυχία (dustukhía)

• Hungarian: balszerencse (hu)
• Indonesian: kesialan (id)
• Irish: amarrán m, mí-ádh m, drochrath m, mífhortún m
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• Italian: malasorte (it)
• Japanese: 不運 (ja) (ふうん, fuun)
• Latin: adversa n pl, infortūnium n
• Maori: kōtua, kōtuatanga, aituā
• Occitan: malastre (oc), malparat, desfortuna f
• Persian: بدشانسی (fa)
• Polish: pech (pl) m
• Portuguese: azar (pt), má sorte f
• Romanian: ghinion (ro) n, neșansă (ro) f
• Russian: неуда́ча (ru) f (neudáča), несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-àdh m
• Spanish: infortunio (es) m, gafe (es) m, mala suerte f
• Telugu: దురదృష్టము (te) (duradr̥ṣṭamu)
• Volapük: mifät (vo)

an undesirable event such as an accident

• Arabic: مُصِيبَة f (muṣība), شَقْوَة f (šaqwa)
• Catalan: infortuni m, desgràcia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不幸 (zh) (bùxìng), 祸 (zh) (huò), 禍／祸 (zh) (huò)

• Dutch: tegenslag (nl) m
• Finnish: onnettomuus (fi)
• French: mésaventure (fr) f, malheur (fr) m
• German: Unglück (de) n, Unfall (de) m, Unheil (de) n, Mißgeschick (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: συμφορά f (sumphorá), δυστύχημα n (dustúkhēma)

• Hungarian: csapás (hu), szerencsétlenség (hu)
• Irish: amaróid f, anachain (ga) f, tubaiste (ga) m
• Italian: disgrazia (it) f
• Japanese: 不幸 (ja) (ふこう, fukō), 災い (ja) (わざわい, wazawai)
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• Korean: 불운 (burun)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: calamitas f, clades f, aerumma f, adversa n pl
• Latvian: bēda f
• Maori: maiki, maikiroa
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓaya class 5/6
• Occitan: malparada, malabosena, malastrada
• Portuguese: desgraça (pt) f, infortúnio (pt) m, adversidade (pt) f
• Romanian: pățeală (ro) f, pățanie (ro) f
• Russian: несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje), беда́ (ru) f (bedá)
• Spanish: desgracia (es) f, infortunio (es) m, desventura (es) f, adversidad (es) f
• Swedish: olycka (sv) c

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჭირი (č̣iri)
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