porte-bonheur
French
Etymology
From porter bonheur (“to carry luck, to bring luck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔʁ.t(ə).bɔ.nœʁ/
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Noun
porte-bonheur m (plural porte-bonheur)
- lucky charm
- Antonym: porte-malheur
Descendants
- → English: porte-bonheur
Further reading
- “porte-bonheur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French porte-bonheur.
Noun
porte-bonheur n (plural port-bonheururi)
- lucky charm
Declension
Declension of porte-bonheur
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) porte-bonheur | porte-bonheurul | (niște) port-bonheururi | port-bonheururile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) porte-bonheur | porte-bonheurului | (unor) port-bonheururi | port-bonheururilor |
| vocative | porte-bonheurule | port-bonheururilor | ||