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fortune
English
Etymology
From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??t?u?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??t??n/, /?f??t?un/
Noun
fortune (countable and uncountable, plural fortunes)
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- 1647, Abraham Cowley, The Mistress (“My Fate”):
- you, who men's fortunes in their faces read
- 1647, Abraham Cowley, The Mistress (“My Fate”):
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act 2, Scene 3:
- 'Tis more by fortune, lady, than by merit.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act 2, Scene 3:
- Good luck.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3:
- There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3:
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
- A large amount of money.
Synonyms
- (the arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner): hap, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
- (one's wealth): riches; see also Thesaurus:wealth
Antonyms
- (good luck): doom, misfortune
Derived terms
Related terms
- fortuitous
- fortuity
Translations
Verb
fortune (third-person singular simple present fortunes, present participle fortuning, simple past and past participle fortuned)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To happen, take place. [14th-19th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew ch. 8:
- Then the heerdmen, fleed and went there ways into the cite, and tolde everythinge, and what had fortuned unto them that were possessed of the devyls.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew ch. 8:
- To provide with a fortune.
- 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
- When the broken-fortuned peer goes into the city to marry a rich tradesman's daughter , be he duke or earl , does not his consort immediately become ennobled by his choice ?
- 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
- To presage; to tell the fortune of.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
Anagrams
- ten-four
French
Etymology
From Middle French fortune, from Old French fortune, borrowed from Latin fort?na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.tyn/
Noun
fortune f (plural fortunes)
- fortune
- faire une fortune
- make a fortune
- faire fortune
- make a fortune
- faire une fortune
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fortune” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [for?t?u?.ne]
- Rhymes: -une
Noun
fortune f
- plural of fortuna
Anagrams
- funtore
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna.
Noun
fortune (plural fortunes)
- fortune (fate, chance)
Descendants
- English: fortune
- ? Welsh: ffortiwn
- Scots: fortuin
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fortune, borrowed from Latin fortuna.
Noun
fortune f (plural fortunes)
- fortune (fate, chance)
Descendants
- French: fortune
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