porte-bonheur

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.t(ə).bɔ.nœʁ/

Noun

porte-bonheur m (plural porte-bonheur)

1. lucky charm

   Antonym: porte-malheur

Further reading

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