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From mis- fortune
misfortune (countable and uncountable plural misfortunes
( uncountable ) Bad luck .
Synonyms: mishap misluck mischance see also Thesaurus:bad luck Antonyms: fortune good fortune good luck luck see also Thesaurus:good luck The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
2012 July 15 in Guardian Unlimited [1] Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune .
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 ) undesirable event such as an accident .
Synonyms: adversity mishap Antonym: fortuity She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes .
1839 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!
bad luck
Arabic: بَلاء ( balāʔ ) , سُوءُ الحَظّ ( sūʔu l-ḥaẓẓ )
Belarusian: няшча́сце n ( njaščáscje ) , го́ра (be) n ( hóra ) , лі́ха n ( líxa ) , бяда́ (be) f ( bjadá )
Bulgarian: неща́стие (bg) n ( neštástie ) , неуда́ча (bg) f ( neudáča )
Catalan: desgràcia (ca) f mala sort f
Cherokee: ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏓᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ ( uyo iyudalisdanedi )
Chichewa: tsoka
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壞 運氣 / 坏 运气 ( huài yùnqì ) , 不幸 (zh) ( bùxìng )
Czech: smůla (cs) f pech (cs) m ( colloquial ) , neštěstí (cs) n
Danish: ulykke (da) c
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: ατυχία (el) f ( atychía ) , κακοτυχία (el) f ( kakotychía )
Ancient: δυστυχία ( dustukhía )
Hindi: दुर्भाग्य (hi) m ( durbhāgya )
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(不運) (ko) ( burun ) , 불행(不幸) (ko) ( bulhaeng )
Latin: adversa n pl infortūnium n
Latvian: nelaime f neveiksme f
Lithuanian: nelaimė f
Macedonian: несреќа f ( nesreḱa )
Malayalam: നിർഭാഗ്യം ( niṟbhāgyaṁ )
Maori: kōtua kōtuatanga aituā
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ulykke (no) m or f
Occitan: malastre (oc) , malparat (oc) , desfortuna (oc) f
Persian: بَدشانسی (fa) ( badšânsi ) , بَدبَختی (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 desgracia (es) f desventura (es) f
Swedish: olycka (sv) c
Tajik: бадбахтӣ (tg) ( badbaxti )
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
Albanian: fatkeqësi (sq) f
Arabic: مُصِيبَة f ( muṣība ) , شَقْوَة f ( šaqwa )
Belarusian: няшча́сце n ( njaščáscje ) , бяда́ (be) f ( bjadá )
Bulgarian: неща́стие (bg) n ( neštástie )
Catalan: infortuni m desgràcia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不幸 (zh) ( bùxìng ) , 禍 / 祸 (zh) ( huò )
Danish: ulykke (da) c
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 Missgeschick (de) n
Greek: ατυχία (el) f ( atychía ) , κακοτυχία (el) f ( kakotychía ) , δυστυχία (el) ( dystychía )
Ancient: συμφορά f ( sumphorá ) , δυστύχημα n ( dustúkhēma )
Hungarian: csapás (hu) , szerencsétlenség (hu)
Ingrian: onnettomus
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(不運) (ko) ( burun ) , 불행(不幸) (ko) ( bulhaeng )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لێقەومان ( lêqewman )
Latin: calamitas f clades f aerumma f adversa n pl
Latvian: bēda f
Malayalam: അനർത്ഥം (ml) ( anaṟtthaṁ )
Maori: maiki maikiroa
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓaya class 5 /6
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ulykke (no) m or f
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
Ukrainian: неща́стя (uk) n ( neščástja ) , біда́ (uk) f ( bidá )
Urdu: نحوست f ( nahūsat )
Welsh: anffawd f anhap m or f
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