infortune

infortune

See also: infortuné

English

Etymology

From Latin infortunium. See in- (“not”), and fortune.

Noun

infortune (usually uncountable, plural infortunes)

1. (obsolete) misfortune
   • 1394, Chaucer, “v. 3591”, in The Monk's Tale‎:

     Why sholde I nat thyn infortune acounte, Sith in estaat thow cloumbe were so hye?

Verb

infortune (third-person singular simple present infortunes, present participle infortuning, simple past and past participle infortuned)

1. To afflict
2. (astrology, of a planet) To have a malign influence

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.tyn/

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• Rhymes: -yn
• Homophone: infortunes

Noun

infortune f (plural infortunes)

1. misfortune
   • 1640, Pierre Corneille, “Act I, Scene I”, in Horace:

     C'en est peut-être assez pour une âme commune / Qui du moindre péril se fait une infortune

     That is enough, perhaps, for a soul of common sort / Who considers as misfortune the smallest danger

   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter XXIX:

     Ce fut au fond des leurs [leurs âmes] que ceux qui avaient écouté le récit de ses infortunes ressentirent l’étonnement et la compassion qu’elle inspirait.

     It happened in the bottom of theirs [their souls] that those that had listened to the narrative of her misfortunes felt the astonishment and compassion that she inspired.

Derived terms

• compagnon d'infortune

Related terms

• fortune
• infortuné

Further reading

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