malencontre
French
Etymology
From mal- + Old French encontre (“meeting”), corresponding to Modern French rencontre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/
Noun
malencontre f (plural malencontres)
- (archaic) bad encounter
- (dated) bad luck; misfortune
Derived terms
- malencontreux
Further reading
- “malencontre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.