English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] mis- fortune
Pronunciation [ edit ] misfortune (countable and uncountable plural misfortunes
( uncountable ) bad luck
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( countable ) an undesirable event such as an accident
1839 , Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle. 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 [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
bad luck
Belarusian: няшча́сце n ( njaščáscje ) , го́ра n ( hóra ) , лі́ха n ( líxa ) , бяда́ f ( bjadá )
Bulgarian: неща́стие (bg) n ( neštástie ) , беда́ (bg) f ( bedá )
Cherokee: ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏓᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ ( uyo iyudalisdanedi )
Chichewa: tsoka
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壞 運氣 坏 运气 ( huài yùnqì )
Czech: smůla (cs) f pech (cs) m ( colloquial ) , neštěstí (cs) n
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
Italian: malasorte (it)
Japanese: 不運 (ja) ( ふうん, fuun )
Korean: 불운 ( burun ) , 불행 (ko) ( bulhaeng )
Latin: adversa n pl infortūnium n
Macedonian: несреќа f ( nesreḱa )
Maori: kōtua kōtuatanga aituā
Occitan: malastre (oc) , malparat desfortuna f
Persian: بدشانسی (fa)
Polish: pech (pl) m nieszczęście (pl) n
Portuguese: azar (pt) , má sorte f
Romanian: ghinion (ro) n neșansă (ro) f
Russian: неуда́ча (ru) f ( neudáča ) , несча́стье (ru) n ( nesčástʹje ) , го́ре (ru) n ( góre ) , беда́ (ru) f ( bedá )
Scottish Gaelic: mì-àdh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нѐсрећа f
Roman: nèsreća (sh) f
Slovak: smola (sk) f nešťastie n
Slovene: smóla (sl) f nesreča (sl) f
Spanish: infortunio (es) m gafe (es) m mala suerte f
Telugu: దురదృష్టము (te) ( duradr̥ṣṭamu )
Ukrainian: неща́стя (uk) n ( neščástja ) , го́ре n ( hóre ) , біда́ (uk) f ( bidá ) , невда́ча f ( nevdáča ) , ли́хо n ( lýxo )
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 ) , 禍 (zh) , 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 )
Korean: 불운 ( burun )
Kurdish:
Sorani: لێقەومان (ku) ( lêqewman )
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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