misfortune

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ fortune

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈfɔɹt͡ʃən/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)

(uncountable) Bad luck.
- 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in in Guardian Unlimited‎:
  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.

1876, Ulysses S. Grant, Annual Message:
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, “Chapter X”, in 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.

Synonyms

(bad luck): mishap, misluck, mischance, ill luck, hard luck, tough luck, luckless
(undesirable event): adversity, nakba

Antonyms

(bad luck): luck, good luck, fortune, good fortune
(undesirable event): fortuity

Related terms

misfortunate

Translations

bad luck

Arabic: بَلاء‎ (balāʾ), سُوءُ الحَظّ‎ (sūʾu l-ḥaẓẓ)
Belarusian: няшча́сце n (njaščáscje), го́ра (be) n (hóra), лі́ха n (líxa), бяда́ (be) f (bjadá)
Bulgarian: лош късмет m (loš kǎsmet)
Catalan: desgràcia (ca) f, mala sort f
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
Estonian: ebaõnn
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
Old Irish: dodcad m
Italian: malasorte (it)
Japanese: 不運 (ja) (ふうん, fuun)
Korean: 불운 (ko) (burun), 불행 (ko) (bulhaeng)
Latin: adversa n pl, infortūnium n
Macedonian: несреќа f (nesreḱa)
Malayalam: നിർഭാഗ്യം (niṟbhāgyaṃ)
Maori: kōtua, kōtuatanga, aituā
Occitan: malastre (oc), malparat (oc), desfortuna (oc) f
Persian: بدشانسی‎ (fa), بدبختی‎ (fa) (badbaxti)
Plautdietsch: Onjlekj n
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 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 (uk) n (lýxo)
Volapük: mifät (vo)

an undesirable event such as an accident

Arabic: مُصِيبَة‎ f (muṣība), شَقْوَة‎ f (šaqwa)
Bulgarian: нещастие (bg) n (neštastie)
Catalan: infortuni m, desgràcia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不幸 (zh) (bùxìng), 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)
Korean: 불운 (ko) (burun)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لێقەومان‎ (lêqewman)
Latin: calamitas f, clades f, aerumma f, adversa n pl
Latvian: bēda f
Malayalam: അനർത്ഥം (ml) (anaṟtthaṃ)
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, nenorocire (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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